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**CarolTheCrone** @CaroltheCrone@mastodon.sdf.org · 1h

CarolTheCrone @CaroltheCrone@mastodon.sdf.org

Milosz writes about Poland during and after WW2.

Going from sovereign country to Nazi invasion to Russian Communism takeover, and the mindf**k it had on citizens.

Every American should read it. All sounds familiar.

Using my highlighter a lot.

Cover of the book "The Captive Mind" by Czesaw Milosz. (Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature). Looks like an abstract of a face behind barbed wire. A yellow highlighter next to it with various pages tagged with bookmark post-its.

#Books #History #Fascism

**Walt** @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com · 3h

Walt @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

Died this day:

James Henry Schmitz (October 15, 1911 – April 18, 1981) was a German-American science fiction writer. Best known as a writer of "space opera", and for his strong female characters who did not conform to the "damsel in distress" of science fiction of the time. Schmitz's best work is The Witches of Karres:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Schmitz

#Literature
#SciFi
#ScienceFiction
#books
#bookstodon
#coverart
#JamesHSchmitz
Groups:
@scifi
@Scifiart
@sciencefiction

The book cover for "The Witches of Karres" by James H. Schmitz features an illustration dominated by three young girls standing side by side, all facing forward. Each girl is dressed in a simple, long white garment that resembles a robe or tunic, with matching white boots that reach mid-calf. The girl on the left holds a golden, ornate object that resembles a toy gun or fantastical device, gripping it with both hands and looking slightly downward. The central figure, slightly taller and older in appearance, stands with her hands clasped in front of her, her expression calm and composed; she has dark hair and a white headband. The girl on the right, with a pale bob haircut, stands with her hands at her sides and gazes directly at the viewer. The background is a stylized, abstract setting rendered in muted shades of green, brown, and ochre, with indistinct vertical lines suggesting wooden planks or panels. Overlaying the background, near the upper right, is a faint, geometric star-like design in a translucent green. The book’s title, "The Witches of Karres," appears in large, bold, black stylized font at the top, with the author’s name, "James H. Schmitz," in smaller black type below, left-aligned. The overall tone is mysterious and slightly surreal, suggesting a blend of science fiction and fantasy elements.

**Book dedications bot** @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online · 3h

Book dedications bot @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman #books #literature #dedication

To Megan, my wife, cherry blossom, and legal property, who teaches me life every day.
And to her mother, Martha, who has taught us both beauty and humor. She also taught Megan class but got to me too late.

**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · 3h

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

Three o’clock. Yer hot cross buns ur in the oven
fur another nine minutes. The soup will be tested at some point
the mora, or maybe oan Sunday. The world is oor oyster!
There’ll be nae eggs this year fur a few reasons…

—Charles Lang, “Good Friday (After Edwin Morgan)”
published in New Writing Scotland 40 (ASL, 2022)

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws40/

Charles Lang
Good Friday

After Edwin Morgan

Three o’clock. Yer hot cross buns ur in the oven
fur another nine minutes. The soup will be tested at some point
the mora, or maybe oan Sunday. The world is oor oyster!
There’ll be nae eggs this year fur a few reasons.

I press play oan the telly: a recordin ae Tuesday night’s Eastenders
preceded by the last minute n a hof ae Tuesday night’s news.
That feels like such a long time ago. The days aw feel the same
but everythin is movin quickly. I fast forward through the theme tune.

lan is feelin guilty fur the part he played in Dennis’s death.
Blackmail is a wonderful thing. Dotty is usin it tae take control ae the Arches.
Will Sharon ever find oot? Will Mick sell the Queen Vic?
Did Carole Baskin kill her disappeared husband n feed him tae her lucrative tigers?

These ur things ye need tae think aboot. The questions
that need tae be answered. Is it possible tae eat mer than three
cream crackers withoot a drink a watter? How many days
will it take me tae complete this 1000-piece New Yorker jigsaw?

TBC. Maybe I’ll dae it the mora, maybe I’ll dae it next week.
Tell ye wit I’ll get most ae it oot the wiy the mora, efter ma soup,
takin a break at aboot three o’clock fur a wee coffee.
The hot cross buns, by the way: outstandin.

#Scottish #literature #poem

**The Vulgar Tongue** @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us · 4h

The Vulgar Tongue @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

BOLUS. A nick name for an apothecary.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

BOLUS. A nick name for an apothecary.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

**Rolling Stone** @rollingstone.com@web.brid.gy · 5h

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com@web.brid.gy

5 Escapist Books to Help You Ignore the Fact That the Country’s On Fire

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/fantasy-romance-book-list-booktok-politics-1235317406/

#literature

**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · 6h

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

ye’ll maybe think it’s a – funny day
to be celebrating – well, no, but ye see
I wasny working, and I like to celebrate
when I’m no working…

—Edwin Morgan, “Good Friday”
published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2020)

https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784109967/centenary-selected-poems/

Good Friday
Edwin Morgan

Three o’clock. The bus lurches
round into the sun. “D’s this go –”
he flops beside me – “right along Bath Street?
– Oh tha’s, tha’s all right, see I’ve
got to get some Easter eggs for the kiddies.
I’ve had a wee drink, ye understand –
ye’ll maybe think it’s a – funny day
to be celebrating – well, no, but ye see
I wasny working, and I like to celebrate
when I’m no working – I don’t say it’s right
I’m no saying it’s right, ye understand – ye understand?
But anyway tha’s the way I look at it –
I’m no boring you, eh? – ye see today,
take today, I don’t know what today’s in aid of,
whether Christ was – crucified or was he –
rose fae the dead like, see what I mean?
You’re an educatit man, you can tell me –
– Aye, well. There ye are. It’s been seen
time and again, the working man
has nae education, he jist canny – jist
hasny got it, know what I mean,
he’s jist bliddy ignorant – Christ aye,
bliddy ignorant. Well –” The bus brakes violently,
he lunges for the stair, swings down – off,
into the sun for his Easter eggs,
on very‍‍
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#Scottish #literature #poem

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**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · 6h

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

Tom Leonard reads “The Good Thief” at the SoundEye poetry festival in Cork, 2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-qpWM__4WA

YouTubeTom Leonard - The Good Thief - from Six Glasgow PoemsPor Meshworks

#Scottish #literature #poem

**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · 6h

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

heh jimmy
yawright ih
stull wayiz urryi
ih

heh jimmy
ma right insane yirra pape
ma right insane yirwanny us jimmy
see it nyir eyes
wanny uz

—Tom Leonard, “The Good Thief”
published in THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF SCOTTISH VERSE, @canongatebooks 2021

https://canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the-golden-treasury-of-scottish-verse/

Tom Leonard
The Good Thief

heh jimmy
yawright ih
stull wayiz urryi
ih

heh jimmy
ma right insane yirra pape
ma right insane yirwanny us jimmy
see it nyir eyes
wanny uz

heh

heh jimmy
lookslik wirgonny miss thi gemm
gonny miss thi GEMM jimmy
nearly three a cloke thinoo

dork init
good jobe theyve gote the lights

#Scottish #literature #poem

**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · 6h

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

The cold Roman eye, hand on seal.
Vale. Take the thief away.

“You carry your own tree, Jimmy…”
Another gallowsbird behind.
One ahead, burdened, a bruised brightness…

—George Mackay Brown, “Stations of the Cross: The Good Thief”
published in CARVE THE RUNES: Selected Poems (Birlinn 2021)

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/carve-the-runes/

Stations of the Cross: The Good Thief
George Mackay Brown

The cold Roman eye, hand on seal.
Vale. Take the thief away.

‘You carry your own tree, Jimmy . . .’
Another gallowsbird behind.
One ahead, burdened, a bruised brightness.

I’ve carried millstones, wine-vats, a mast.
That one was a carpenter.
His knees buckle under the heavy baulk.

My mother, poor woman, is dead.
His mother is here. Poor woman. Poor woman.

Look, Simon’s come into town
With an ox to sell.
They’ve laid another yoke on Simon.

Veronica, seamstress. No napkin ever
Soaked up such blood and sweat.

I stagger but I don’t fall.
The sneak-thief plods like a mule.
The bright one, he’s down again.

Those women! Miriam, Judith, Esther
Go home, sing over your cradles.
Sing among looms and pots.

Below, cornfields and vineyards.
A third time, fallen.
He tastes golden dust.

The soldiers won’t bother, I think,
Haggling over my coat.
No scarecrow would wear a rag like that.

Silence – curses – from cross and cross.
From the mid-ark
A dove wings out into the blackest storm.

Thrust of lance into heart-root.
The soldiers are coming with mallets
To break the legs of the thieves.

The eyes of the mother
Drown all the world in pity and love.
The hammer beats on my knee.

That the hands of such a woman
Fold me gravewards.
Bear me and all men in her folds of light.

#Scottish #literature #poem

**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · 7h

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

A Latin harsh with Aramaicisms
poured from his lips incessantly; it made
no sense, for surely he was mad…

—Edwin Morgan, “Pilate at Fortingall”
published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2020)

https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784109967/centenary-selected-poems/

Pilate at Fortingall
by Edwin Morgan

A Latin harsh with Aramaicisms
poured from his lips incessantly; it made
no sense, for surely he was mad. The glade
of birches shamed his rags, in paroxysms
he stumbled, toga’d, furred, blear, brittle, grey.
They told us he sat here beneath the yew
even in downpours; ate dog-scraps. Crows flew
from prehistoric stone to stone all day.
“See him now.” He crawled to the cattle-trough
at dusk, jumbled the water till it sloshed
and spilled into the hoof-mush in blue strands,
slapped with useless despair each sodden cuff,
and washed his hands, and watched his hands, and washed
his hands, and watched his hands, and washed his hands.

#Scottish #literature #poem

**thkampen** @kejie@mastodon.social · 8h

thkampen @kejie@mastodon.social

#EdithAnderson (1915, New York - 1999, Berlin)
born
#EdithHandelsman
married to #MaxSchroeder

#writer #translator #literature #journalism #Berlin #USA #NewYork

Lit:
Edith Anderson: Liebe Im Exil
Sibylle Klemm: Eine Amerikanerin in Ostberlin. Edith Anderson

**thkampen** @kejie@mastodon.social · 9h

thkampen @kejie@mastodon.social

Via Bodenbach. Ferenc #Körmendi

#Book #Books #Railway

**William** @wm@mast.wmclark.com · 10h

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William @wm@mast.wmclark.com

“When finally there is no other means of preserving self-interest but to act, the powerful will act. The same people who did the killing and financed the killing and justified the killing and turned away from the killing will congratulate themselves on doing the right thing.” One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad #books #literature #gaza #genocide #occupation #palestine

Respondeu a Project Gutenberg

**doboprobodyne** @doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz · 10h

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doboprobodyne @doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz

@gutenberg_org

Gosh, it is charmingly written, and reminds me of tenets of thought I have come across in #geopolitical works like The Rise And Fall Of The Great Powers when they discuss #America

> At first sight there is something surprising in this strange unrest of so many happy men, restless in the midst of abundance. The spectacle itself, however, is as old as the world; the novelty is to see a whole people furnish an exemplification of it.

#USA #literature #analysis

**Project Gutenberg** @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social · 10h

10h

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula

‘Lord forgive me. I am quite shameless’, author playfully wrote in note weeks after horror novel published in 1897.

By Steven Morris

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/16/rare-letter-bram-stoker-early-thoughts-dracula

Dracula at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/345

Dracula, by Bram Stoker - First Edition cloth cover, 1897

British Library Board - https://www.apollo-magazine.com/content/uploads/2014/10/Dracula-%E2%80%93-First-Edition-1897.-Photography-c-British-Library-Board.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dracula#/media/File:Dracula-First-Edition-1897.jpg/2

#books #literature

**thkampen** @kejie@mastodon.social · 11h

11h

thkampen @kejie@mastodon.social

" #Heym was to live there permanently. Gertrude, who was to be a #Publisher and #Editor of left-wing #Literature in English via #SevenSeasBooks, died in 1969. Heym’s next #novel, Goldsborough , and was published there in 1954. "
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/stefan-heym-a-central-witness-to-both-fascism-and-socialism-in-germany/
#Book #Books #Publishing

People's World · 17/12/2021Stefan Heym: A central witness to both fascism and socialism in GermanyStefan Heym—journalist, novelist, essayist—and a lifelong socialist, died 20 years ago, aged 88, on Dec. 16, 2001. His unfading commitment to humanity through his writing and actions must be remembered and celebrated.

**geri325** @geri325@mastodon.social · 11h

11h

geri325 @geri325@mastodon.social

https://gerisbuchblog.blogspot.com/2023/05/buchvorstellung-amnesia-solange-du-mir.html

gerisbuchblog.blogspot.comBuchvorstellung: Amnesia - Solange du mir gehörsteBook,Bücher,Dark Romance,Buch,Roman,Amnesia,Belletristik,

#amnesia #belletristik #buch

**Walt** @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com · 13h

13h

Walt @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

Finished reading:

Mars Trilogy
by
Kim Stanley Robinson

Revised my review downward...

If you are a KSR fan then this is a must read, but I got very bored in the long, long parts that are just descriptions of scenery, and political ideas... I gave up and quit reading during Blue Mars at the 66% mark.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy
#Literature
#SciFi
#ScienceFiction
#books
#bookstodon
#coverart
#KimStanleyRobinson