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Rambling about A History of East Asia – Early Dynasties, Colonialism, and China as a Global Hegemon
Key takeaways: Holcombe’s A History of East Asia is the kind of dry, academic, extremely cautious textbook that gives history as a subject a bad name (and myself some flashbacks to uni). Nonetheless, this book is certainly a serviceable overview of the histories of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, which was the minimum I was… Read more >>
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Fangirling over Eugene Onegin – A Classic 19th-Century Russian Romance
Related:From Eyre to OneginLensky’s Idealism, and Why Onegin Fought a DuelVice, Virtue, and Heroism in Eugene Onegin (podcast) Read more >>
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What I’m Reading (and More): January edition 2020
[Editor’s note: It seems my blogging is going to consist of this kind of post for the foreseeable future. I’m tentatively putting classics (and the return of the podcast 😦 ) on hold to make a dent in my 2020 reading. There will be classics (primarily for the Japanese Reading Challenge), but most of them… Read more >>
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Talking about Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis While Doodling – Vlog
Just wanted to chat about The Metamorphosis which I recently re-read for the 3rd time. Also experimenting with this kind of video…not sure if I’m going to continue with doodles or not, but it was kind of fun to make. 🙂 Read more >>
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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