A.V. Marraccini Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Love: Couples I Love I Best Friends I Donuts & Coffee
Publishing JournalA.V. MarracciniWhat were they so scared of that UCL’s own administration censored a journal from publishing this factual essay? What is so scary about this actual free speech to Gender Critical philosophers that claim to love it?
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The Travels
Marco PoloA.V. Marraccini“In the fastnesses above the mountains there are entire forests that consist only of box trees” is a sentence of such crystalline beauty, such precision and absence of information at once. (From the Travels of Marco Polo, trans. Nigel Cliff) https://t.co/ehezzWla5X
Hardcover, 2015
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See What I See: Essays
Greg GerkeA.V. Marraccini@Greg_Gerke @_ryanruby_ @StreckerTrey @Unwise_Trousers @aliner Yeah but I'm struggling with pinning down why it would be and some other essays wouldn't-- what is the particular discursive quality that distinguishes it from anything else?
Paperback, 2021
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The Lottery
Shirley JacksonA.V. MarracciniIf you have striking good news about my book, or future career, or winning the lottery but not the Shirley Jackson or Borgesian Babylonian one, now is the time to tell me people.
Hardcover, 2008
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Leech
Jake ReberA.V. Marraccini💞🔮🧬JOIN US LEECHFRIENDS 🧬🔮💞 a special VR launch for a special hybrid book that spans the digital, literary, and theoretical! — Jake Reber’s LEECH, from 11:11 press: https://t.co/IBnp8kxyeA https://t.co/c7Y6LxKpkM
Paperback, 2023
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Venice: Poems
Ange MlinkoA.V. MarracciniToday in book mail— Ange Mlinko, whose poems were recommended me by @BorisDralyuk when I summoned him from a Brodsky phase. The ones I have dipped into so far are exquisite. https://t.co/rrM6riV9rl
Paperback, 2023
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Excel SpreadSheet Guy: Story of a Banking I.T professional
Spreadsheet GuyA.V. MarracciniAlso if you have secretly written an Excel Spreadsheet Novel, I would LOVE to read it. Just sayinggg.
Paperback, 2023
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Effective Altruism: How Can We Best Help Others?
Magnus VindingA.V. MarracciniReading this excellent essay by @xriskology in considering the many problems with Effective Altruism. My personal critiques are also: what does this kind of utilitarian pseudo-rationalism mean for aesthetics? For pleasure? Is there an EA aesthetics? https://t.co/RG7Kh3Ligp
Paperback, 2018
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Rombo
Esther KinskyA.V. MarracciniFrom Esther Kinsky, Rombo, trans. Caroline Schmidt— on a theory of chasms: https://t.co/EpWb1cTH0E
Paperback, 2023
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Frontier
Can XueA.V. MarracciniReally enjoying @PKhakpour’s introduction to Can Xue’s Frontier. I wanted to think this time about the strangeness of frontiers that are not physical… are there borderlands here, on Twitter, ever? Can Xue’s literature of strangeness makes room for that. https://t.co/UcRX74PJP3
Paperback, 2017
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