Books, man. Good stuff.

22.Classics/English. I'll read just about anything and I'm always up for book recs! What you'll probably find on here: Mythology, The Goldfinch, The Raven Cycle, Fictional Lit in general and occasionally Batman.

[itsalwaysdark]

you have to be careful reading too many things that are good/smart/well-written bc then you encounter something that isnt and you get confused like ? why didnt they just make this good ? were they stupid

[weltenwellen]

An Interview with Richard Siken

[lady-dedlock]

She was up before dawn, and saw the yellow sunrise broaden behind the hills, and the silvery luster preceding a hot day tremble across the sleeping fields.

Edith Wharton, Summer

[schecoperez]

the rpf will continue until morale improves

[wovi]

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plath

[softest-butch]

you can prise the canon divergent pornographic character study out of my cold dead hands

[hangsawoman]

on this day in 1953 shirley jackson sent this to an unhappy reader

[sweethomeblue]

broken 4th wall drama cannot harm me because i live in a fetid little hut constructed beyond the 6th wall

[poetrylesbian]

[poetrylesbian]

[terpsikeraunos]

Women have consistently earned a larger share of humanities degrees than men, but the humanities constitute a diminishing proportion of the

Women currently earn the majority of advanced degrees in the humanities. This has been the case at the master’s degree level since 1970 and

sources for gender distribution of classics degrees

[annabelle--cane]

the first law of tragedies: the end is already written and inevitable. the second law of tragedies: your actions are all your own and you can choose to get off this ride whenever you want. the third law of tragedies: we both know that you are never going to do that.

[treecitysessions]

Why does everyone think fiction is just fantasy wish fulfillment now and not like an exploration of themes and ideas

[petaltexturedskies]

The summer night glowed; in the field fireflies were glinting. And for those who understood such things, the stars were sending messages.

Louise Glück, from "Midsummer" in Poems 1962-2012

[lady-dedlock]

The mountain was turning purple against a fiery sunset from which it seemed to be divided by a knife-edge of quivering light; and above this wall of flame the whole sky was a pure pale green, like some cold mountain lake in shadow.

Edith Wharton, Summer

[stingrayextraordinaire]

Another year, another group of my delightful ninth graders trying to spell the word "tragedy" for their Romeo and Juliet assignment.

Last year's collection

[minotauri]

[louder than everyone] MAN I THINK IT DEPENDS!

[dappledwithshadow]

Claude Monet Lilacs in the Sun 1872

[clytemnestraaa]

yuna wearing medium wash denim and swirling her white wine while plotting how to put her weird gay son on the iron throne is just so vital to me