“Nobody loved the library more than Dan.” . A meticulous list kept by Dan Pelzer from 1962-2025, cataloging all the books he read from the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Shared by his daughter, Dan's book list (all 109 pages) is at I love this so.

RT @chowleen: August has always felt like late Sunday afternoon.

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RT @JeffreyKotyk: The more technology and AI advance, the more I want to read Classical Chinese texts on paper with a red pen annotating th….

RT @avecsesdoigts: Gallimard's only comment upon rejecting Proust's manuscript of Swann's Way: "Too many duchesses!".

RT @_Zeets: "June, July, August. Every day, we hear their laughter. I.think of the painting by van Gogh, the man in the chair. Everything w….

RT @yogappygappy: "And my mind is driven toward these things with an irresistible force." . -Van Gogh

RT @chowleen: And it moves me immensely that the final book he records on his book list of thousands (finished just under the wire, on 12/3….

RT @chowleen: “Nobody loved the library more than Dan.” . A meticulous list kept by Dan Pelzer from 1962-2025, cataloging all the books he….

And it moves me immensely that the final book he records on his book list of thousands (finished just under the wire, on 12/30/23) is the David Copperfield, the story of a young man's journey. Safe travels, Mr. Dan Pelzer, lover of books.

RT @unburiedbooks: Yes, it's our podcast.

RT @chowleen: “Untitled” (Perfect Lovers) is an installation of two identical, battery-operated clocks, synchronized and hanging side-by-si….

RT @chowleen: “Time is something that scares me…or used to. This piece made with the two clocks was the scariest thing I have ever done. I….

RT @chowleen: “Don’t be afraid of the clocks, they are our time, time has been generous to us. We are synchronized, now and forever. I lov….

RT @chowleen: Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani dedicates his 2020 book to his trail-blazing son Zohran Mamdani. He quotes Lu X….

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Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani dedicates his 2020 book to his trail-blazing son Zohran Mamdani. He quotes Lu Xun's famous concluding lines:.「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」-魯迅，故鄉 .I wrote about it here. #everynightapoem

I loved Brendel, and I especially loved Brendel playing Schubert.

RT @yogappygappy: On tragic mountain passes .the wind rips hats from unwitting heads .and we can't help .laughing at that. .

favorite copyright page ever . "Flowers, insects, people and motorcycles in it are imaginary. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Feelings are real yet fleeting. Their sum is complex, and is this book."

Though I suspect this will be biggest summer reading challenge - thank you, friend!.@__paleologo