Classics Considered

by Marian H

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  • November Again

    November Again

    Another autumn, another election, another sporadic post by yours truly. This time eight years ago, I was still living with my parents, cranking out my 2k daily word count for Nanowrimo late at night on the sleeper sofa. My bedroom was undergoing renovations for mildew… I had just thrown away my beloved childhood doll Rosemary, Continue reading

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  • July, Lately

    I’ve been away this month and so have been following election news from afar. Distance does not make the heart grow fonder for the mess back home. To be honest, I was half-expecting some kind of violence to happen this year, and everything else that’s been unfolding with the candidacies is just our worst predictions Continue reading

  • Lost Boy Looks Back

    There were moments in childhood that aged me badly, incidents that put a bit of “wizened old man” into my soul. I don’t really count those, though, because they only caused me to withdraw further. I never developed an interest in growing up; it was just something that would happen, someday. The first time it Continue reading

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  • Life without Books

    Life without Books

    This was a week of frustrations, large and small—a dearth of reading included. I managed to get through a few pages of Anna Seghers’s Transit at the park and enjoyed them. Other than that, I didn’t read this week, nor work on YouTube videos, either. On the surface, life without books continues on as normal. Continue reading

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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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