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Alexander Pyles

@PylesofBooks

Father of 6 - Writer - Editor - Critic - Gardener - NBCC member https://teapaw.org/t.co/s8CYaIqCsX https://teapaw.org/t.co/G3O9JkzTJh

 Illinois, USA
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Joined June 2017
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respectful huff@alexqarbuckleOct 29
BOURDAIN: Once you’ve had acorn salad and damson cordial at Redwall Abbey you’ll never stop wanting to crush Cluny the Scourge with a bell.
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Ada(ms) or Ardor@AdamsOrArdorOct 28
I love great writing and hate how it's treated on the internet. So I built something to try to fix that. If you wish there were a better place to share your writing, to discover new work, to talk culture and books, then I invite you to read—and to join me.
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jon repetti@pourfairelevideOct 28
counterpoint: no
Jennifer A. Frey (@jennfrey) profile pictureJennifer A. Frey@jennfreyOct 27
Why don't they just leave NYC? I'm not trying to be callous, but there's a whole wonderful world out there that's more affordable. nytimes.com/2026/10/25/nyreg…
Can’t Afford a Home. Can’t Afford a Baby. Can’t Afford Life. This is 30.

Can’t Afford a Home. Can’t Afford a Baby. Can’t Afford Life. This is 30.

They’re trying to build middle-class lives in New York. But many 30-year-olds in the city feel worse off than their parents. Is it average adult angst? Or something more enduring?

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John Attridge@John_AttridgeOct 22
Is Proust a feminist? Is Thomas Mann a queer ally? Is this modernist novel my friend?
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jon repetti@pourfairelevideOct 21
hard to look at the Catapult situation and think it amounts to anything other than unionbusting by a rich kid who decided to take her ball and go home, even worse when you remember that Counterpoint has a legendary backlist they’ve been selling for pennies on the dollar for years
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Benjamin Kunkel@kunktationOct 21
I wrote about Cormac McCarthy (including the new biography) for @Harpers harpers.org/archive/2026/11/…
The Style Is Father of the Man, by Benjamin Kunkel

The Style Is Father of the Man, by Benjamin Kunkel

On a new life of Cormac McCarthy

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Carcajou Ghibelline@MAWKVLTOct 13
I found him. The guy whose takeaway from Dune is AI positive.
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DiscussingFilm
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LAIKA's ‘WILDWOOD’ has debuted with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Highest rated animated film of the decade. Read our review: bit.ly/WildwoodDF
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Protean Magazine@proteanmagOct 9
We’re pleased to reveal the cover and theme of our newest lovingly crafted print edition: Protean Issue VI: Detritivores. Featuring essays and poetry by Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad), Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell), Bayan Haddad, Fargo Tbakhi (@YouKnowFargo), and many more.
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gianmarco
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There’s a lot of misconceptions about Catholicism for example I’m just now learning the pope is only infallible if you agree with him
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GOD SHE IS THE BEST TO EVER DO IT
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anne carson
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Exhibit A:
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Bill (@20gaShotgun) profile pictureBill@20gaShotgunOct 7
The secret of the translated European literature craze is that they're still letting Dudes Rock over there
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Seven Stories Press@7StoriesPressOct 6
Please don’t buy our books on Amazon. If you can’t afford to buy them from a real bookstore or from us directly, pirate them from Anna’s Archive like God intended.
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeOct 4
The Nobel prize for literature always goes to some obscure writer with a niche following. Meanwhile numerous Nobel-prize-winning authors are overlooked every year
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absolutely what we should be talking about. here’s some great presses off the top of my head. friends, feel free to reply with your recommendations.
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Ashe Windsor (@AsheWindsor) profile pictureAshe Windsor@AsheWindsorSep 17
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What are some of those presses? I’d love to check them out
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Jack Eason@realJackEasonAug 28
This sucks. A giant and a genius of filmcraft. You work on Ghostbusters and Jurassic Park and Star Wars and RoboCop and you end up having to shut up shop and sell all your shit to the highest bidder. filmstories.co.uk/news/phil-…
Phil Tippett | Legendary animator shutting his studio, selling off decades of art and memorabilia

Phil Tippett | Legendary animator shutting his studio, selling off decades of art and memorabilia

"I'm retired from the racket," says Star Wars and RoboCop animator Phil Tippett, as he closes his studio and auctions off swathes of work.

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John Attridge@John_AttridgeAug 30
(taking a drag on my cigarette) I haven't used punctuation since 1995 my entire oeuvre is one uninterrupted sentence
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeAug 24
It's actually autoautofiction. It's about a character who resembles me writing a novel about a character who resembles him
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeAug 20
"it's a page turner" no. A good book should be almost impossible to read. It should require a heroic act of will to turn every page. You're wasting your time
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V. Joshua Adams@vjoshuaadamsAug 14
at the college open house today a couple of young guys came up to the English table and one asked about using AI for their essays. I was ready: “Would you go to the gym and watch your bro here do your workout for you?” “No way, I wouldn’t get big.” “Exactly.”
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