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wedarkacademia · 1 year
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unknown / Joy Harjo An American Sunrise / AVA you are safe here. / Rumi / unknown / unknown / Franz Kafka Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors / John Steinbeck East of Eden
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apolloamy · 2 years
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yesss someone who gets it (east of eden) !!
YESSS !!!!!!!!! 😎💫💖🌼
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quotein · 5 months
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“But I do feel strange, almost unearthly. I'll never get used to being alive. It's a mystery. Always startled to find I've survived.”
John Steinbeck, Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
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plathwhora · 3 months
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John Steinbeck, Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
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beaulesbian · 8 months
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I was shelving the books by the first letter of the first sentence. - Good Omens, 2x02
"It was a nice day. All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them so far, and rain hadn't been invented yet. But clouds massing east of Eden suggested that the first thunderstorm was on its way, and it was going to be a big one." - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
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ikuhisa-yi09 · 2 months
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Georges Bataille, Visions of Excess / Salman Rushdie, East, West / Sleeping at Last - Heirloom // Lidia Yuknavitch, Letter to My Rage: An Evolution / Elizabeth Miki Brina, Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir / Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous // Louise Bourgeois, He Disappeared into Complete Silence / Yiyun Li, “What Gardening Offered After a Son’s Death” / Heidi Priebe, “As Long As There Is Love, There Will Be Grief” / Eden Robinson, “Writing Prompts for the Broken-hearted”
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kristen and cassandra: prophet, apostate, saint, god
(you can find the majority under the cut - this is quite long)
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Oxford Languages // (could not find) // Wikipedia // Berlin Syndrome, Sparky Deathcap // the hero who couldn't save anyone, m.a.w // Prayer for the Newly Damned, Ocean Vuong // Deaf Republic, Ilya Kaminsky // confessions, k.a. // Little Bird, Clementine von Radics // (could not find) // If My Body Could Speak, Blythe Baird // (could not find) // Prelude, Brynne Rebele-Henry // Crossing the Water, Sylvia Plath // (could not find) // Hell Followed With Us, Andrew Joseph White // Half Hanged Mary, Margaret Atwood // Power Politics: Poems, Margaret Atwood // (could not find) // Rachel Wolchin // Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters, John Steinbeck // Editor's Pages: The Long and Short of It, Richard Siken // Not Forgotten, Israel Houghton // (could not find) // Churching, Kristin Chang // I'm Your Man, Mitski // Cassandra, ABBA // Dimension 20 LIVE presents Fantasy High: Sophomore Year (2019) // Dimension 20: Fantasy High: Junior Year (2024)
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thefirstlivingart · 1 year
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it's scary when things change, its scary when things stay the same.
pinterest / john steinbeck, journal of a novel: the east of eden letters / holly warburton / pinterest / john elizabeth stintzi, "saluta-tions from the storm” /  henri barbusse, the inferno (boni and liveright, 1918) / jeanie tomanek / @swarnpert on tumblr / junot díaz, the brief wondrous life of oscar wao / sylvia plath, the unabridged journals of sylvia plath / amy casey / pinterest / hilma af klint / mary oliver, upstream / anaïs nin, the diary of anaïs nin, vol. 6: 1955-1966 / @thepersonalquotes on tumblr
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a-poets-darling · 10 months
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But I do feel strange-almost unearthly. I'll never get used to being alive. It's a mystery. Always startled to find I've survived.
John Steinbeck, from Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
(It's been all too long since I have posted but I am alive and well too . I missed you people I hope you missed me too)
(all too real photo dump)
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violentdevotion · 2 months
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tagged by @kimclitsuragi ❣️❣️❣️ tyyyy. answer the questions and tag people you want to know better ❣️
last song listened to: sunday - the cranberries (technically christine - lucy dacus but ive been singing sunday all day so...)
currently reading: east of eden - john steinbeck, the virgin suicides - jeffrey eugenides, the talented mr ripley - patricia highsmith. a while back i decided to work through my tbr pile and also read more 'classic' lit and while my progress isnt great its going.
currently watching: frasier (booooo) i wasnt watching any shows and needed smth easy to put on while dyeing my hair the other day. im planning on starting the sopranos and severance soon but not rn bc i become annoying when im into a tv show and ive only recently gotten a new job and i dont want them to see that side of me yet
currently obsessed with: ermmmmm nothing really, for the above reason. as it's the beginning of the year im trying to complete my unfinished annual letter (500 words left) as such ive been a lot more self reflective lately as to have something to write about. oh and taskmaster clips on youtube
tagging @cowboystatic @mazzystargrrl @slutforwings @kourtgreene @ohgodohfuckidontknow @h-isforhomeand whoever else wants to !!!
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oswlld · 2 years
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heather havrilesky, what if this were enough?
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(There are many causes of death, among them the ache of life.)
mahmoud darwish, almond blossoms and beyond; “i do not know the stranger”
Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and it’s spectacular.
joseph campbell
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john steinbeck, journal of a novel: the east of eden letters
Years will pass, and you will have visitings of despair, and yet be tortured by hope.
mary shelley, frankenstein
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catherine gildiner, good morning, monster: five heroic journeys to emotional recovery
I’m chasing myself (I have been for years).
susan sontag, as consciousness is harnessed to flesh
I’m homesick for myself In a place of home is a face I no longer recognize
lillium, in the place of the mirror is a portrait of you
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miriam adeney
“I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?”
haruki murakami, norwegian wood
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“If I change my mind, can I come back here?”
And then he answered his own question. “If I come back, it will be a place, but it won’t be home any longer.”
neil gaiman, the graveyard book
I: Why not take the shorter way home. HT: There was no shorter way home.
anne carson, men in the off hours
We can never go back.  I know that now.  We can go forward.  We can find the love our hearts long for, but not until we let go grief about the love we lost long ago, when we were little and had no voice to speak the heart’s longing.
bell hooks, all about love
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ryebreadgf, ordinary things
You listen and you know you could live a better life than you do, be softer, kinder. And maybe this year you will be able to do it.
mary oliver, north country
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stendhal, the red and the black
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VICE VERSA (2022) ⪢ Underlying Themes/Experiences in Universal Travel — Part 2 of 2: Reconstruction of Self, Homesickness, Acceptance, & Hope
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"But I do feel strange-almost unearthly. I'll never get used to being alive. It's a mystery. Always startled to find I've survived."
John Steinbeck, Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
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verademialove · 4 months
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“But I do feel strange-almost unearthly. I'll never get used to being alive. It's a mystery. Always startled to find I've survived.”
John Steinback, Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
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waitingforthesunrise · 6 months
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September reading re-cap!!
finished books:
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The Divine Comedy
6/10. Honestly, this was a difficult one to rate, because there would be these longgg stretches of plodding prose and than BAM!! Dante hits you with one of the best lines you’ve ever read in your existence. I’d also be interested to read Catholic perspectives on it (i’m protestant.) overall, it was well worth the read (but…maybe i skipped a bit.) 
Painted Devils by Margeret Owen. 
7/10 (for a YA) because the romance was ADORABLE and the beginning was snappy and excellent. It gave me Pratchett-esque worldbuilding (minor ‘fake’ gods that turn out to be real! Surprising little humorous musings on socio-political situations!) but also crossed over into YA. i loved how it didn’t gloss over the awkwardness of a first serious relationship, but set the foundations for a communicative, deeply caring relationship (did i cry at one point? I won’t deny it.) 
Carpe Jugulem by Terry Pratchett
6/10. Not his best, but the vampires made up for it by far. I am continuously amazed at pratchett’s ability to create believable, serious, and absolutely hilarious cultures at the same time. An old money vampire family with nefarious plans moves into a small town, but the local witches aren’t having any of it.  If you’re tired of the usual YA dreamy vampires….this isn’t a romance, but it is hilarious. 
A Crooked Mark 
6/10 for a strong setting and beginning but disappointing ending. Genuinely, this doesn’t need a sequel, and it felt like the author suddenly dragged the last third out to have room for one. It easily could have been bumped at least another point for becoming a standalone. HOWEVER i made the mistake of beginning it during a power outage and JAHKJHGAKHJG don’t do that unless you’re a fan of being unable to sleep. It’s about a teenage boy who has been raised by his father to recognize and hunt people who bear the ‘mark’ of the devil, but when he’s given his first individual assignment he starts to question everything…
Of human bondage by W. somerset maughan
8.5/10. Geniunely i was not expecting this book to give me so much brainrot. The SYMBOLISM. The discussions and musings on ART AND MORALITY AND RELIGION AND RELATIONSHIPS. It’s horrifically underrated in the world of classics and also books in general. It’s going to live with me for a long, long time. 
Bird by Rita Murphy
6/10. Incredibly short with a bit of gothic horror vibes, if you like huge creepy houses, completely unexplained magical occurrences, vague but somehow concrete worldbuilding, and a middlegrade protagonist….check it out. It’s so weird and I could not explain it but somehow it makes sense on the page. 
In process:
— east of Eden by John Steinbeck // the scarlet letter // the raven king // Vincent and Theo // Eros and psyche
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night-heron-writes · 1 year
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The World of Spy x Family: Newston Castle
We all know that Spy x Family is set in pseudo Cold War Germany. Tatsuya Endo makes that very clear—the capital city of Ostania is Berlint, just one letter off from the actual capital of Germany. And the names of the divided countries also pay homage to that: Westalis and Ostania come from the German words for “west” and “east”, respectively. 
But it doesn’t stop there. Take the castle from Episode 5 (Chapter 6 of the Manga), for example. Endo could have left it unnamed, or just made up a name, but he decided to call it Newston Castle. That name is very decidedly reminiscent of Neuschwanstein Castle, and is in fact almost a direct translation.
Furthermore, the location of the castle is listed as a little ways outside Münk. Now, Münk is very similar to München, or what non-German speakers would know as Munich. Münk would also fit with the in-universe trend of altering place names just a little bit, like Hugaria being the in-universe equivalent of Hungary.  Neuschwanstein Castle is similarly located a little ways southwest of Munich. Starting to sound familiar? Lets look at the pictures.
Newston Castle:
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Neuschwanstein Castle:
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Clearly, the animation team took a few creative liberties (like moving the lake right up to the castle), but the influence is pretty damn clear. It’s the little details like this that make me appreciate the series even more.
The only snag in this theory is that during the cold war, Munich and Neuschwanstein Castle were in West Germany, which leaves us with two possibilities: 1) that in Spy x Famliy, the two nations are divided much more equally than in actual history, and 2) that they all went to Westalis for the castle sequence, and risked being caught at the border just to celebrate Anya’s acceptance into Eden.
Personally, I think the first theory is more likely, given that Endo has already taken a number of creative liberties, and that we’ve not head anything about Berlint being divided into East and West, like what happened to real-world Berlin during the Cold War. And Anya gives the Forger Family address as 128 Park Avenue, West Berlint. Unless, she means the western part of East Berlint, but I think that’s not as likely. However, we don’t yet have a full map of both countries, so both theories are still viable.
Let’s compare the map we do have with an actual map of East and West Germany.
Spy x Family Map:
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So far, the maps look pretty similar, but all we have is the northernmost bit of the Spy x Family map. Who knows what the rest of it looks like? The border could continue straight down the middle, in which case Münk and Newston Castle would be firmly in Ostanian territory. Do you see Munich down in the far-right corner of the real-world map? No wonder the Forgers needed a plane to get there from Belin(t)!
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