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Type: fiction

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Status: favorite

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Authors: translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy Rainer Maria Rilke

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Tags: poetry translation 5stars german 19thcentury

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Description: Rilke wrote these amazing poems in his twenties. Intimate, direct, haunting, yearning.

2005-09-11

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Type: fiction

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Status: favorite

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Author: Philip Pullman

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Tags: fantasy childrens 5stars

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Description: the best children's fantasy series ever. makes harry potter look like banal bullsh*t. proofthe best children's fantasy series ever. makes harry potter look like banal bullsh*t. proof positive that its possible to craft exquisite stories enjoyable at any age....

2005-09-09

 

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Type: documentary

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Status: favorite

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Authors: Nancy Denton Douglas Massey

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Tags: usa racism capitalism 5stars poverty housing segregation

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Description: A lucid and readable introduction to "spatial racism" - how ghettos were createdA lucid and readable introduction to "spatial racism" - how ghettos were created and continue to be maintained in the US, and the connections between racialized concentrated poverty and other social problems. An absolute must for anyone grappling with why racial privilege in the US is so incredibly enduring despite gains made during the US Civil Rights Movement....

2005-09-09

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Type: fiction

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Status: favorite

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Author: David Mitchell

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Tags: 5stars davidmitchell,

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Description: stunning book! like pulp fiction mixed with murakami mixed with pynchon (aren't allstunning book! like pulp fiction mixed with murakami mixed with pynchon (aren't all good postmodern books mixed with pynchon?). a cyberpunky page turner in the best sense of the word - literate, engaging, playful and enough momentum to skip work and spend the day in bed reading it cover to cover....

2005-09-09