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@tofuwabohu I remain convinced that the Murderbot of the first book is the most relatable character in literature.
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pdotb started reading A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency by Gyurme Dorje
pdotb finished reading On Zen practice by Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi
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Transcendent 2 by Bogi Takács
As with the first volume of Transcendent, Lethe Press has worked with a wonderful editor to select the best work …
pdotb started reading Taking Back Control? by Wolfgang Streeck
Taking Back Control? by Wolfgang Streeck
The era of hyperglobalization once hailed as the 'end of history' was characterised by boundless capitalist expansion. The neoliberal revolution …
pdotb finished reading Capital's Grave by Jodi Dean
Capital's Grave by Jodi Dean
The fact that communism did not prevail does not mean we are still in capitalism. Capitalist relations are undergoing systemic …
pdotb started reading Capital's Grave by Jodi Dean
Capital's Grave by Jodi Dean
The fact that communism did not prevail does not mean we are still in capitalism. Capitalist relations are undergoing systemic …
pdotb started reading On Zen practice by Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi
pdotb started reading East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History by Patricia Buckley Ebrey
East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Anne Walthall
Designed for the East Asian history course, this text features the latest scholarship on the region's cultural, political, economic, and …
pdotb finished reading Trans Britain by Christine Burns
pdotb rated Falling Back in Love with Being Human: 5 stars
Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom
What happens when we imagine loving the people—and the parts of ourselves—that we do not believe are worthy of love? …
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pdotb finished reading Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom
Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom
What happens when we imagine loving the people—and the parts of ourselves—that we do not believe are worthy of love? …
What happens when we imagine loving the people—and the parts of ourselves—that we do not …
I wrote as though poetry and prayer might mean the same thing, as if words might reconnect me with what I once considered my unshakable relationship with the human divine. I wrote to summon the language that might help me fall back in love with being human. I wrote my way through the question: What happens when we imagine loving the people -- and the parts of ourselves -- that we do not believe are worthy of love?
— Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom (Page 5)
