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Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey

Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

Lana Del Rey

128 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
Midnight Fishermen: Gekiga of the 1970s by Lim Cheng Tju, Masato Yamamoto, Mariko Usuba Owen, Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Midnight Fishermen: Gekiga of the 1970s

Lim Cheng Tju, Masato Yamamoto, Mariko Usuba Owen, Yoshihiro Tatsumi

200 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
fiction comics manga dark medium-paced
The Push Man and Other Stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

The Push Man and Other Stories

Tatsumi's short stories #1

Yoshihiro Tatsumi

224 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
fiction manga short stories adventurous reflective slow-paced
On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho by Matsuo Bashō

On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho

Matsuo Bashō

92 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction poetry reflective slow-paced
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

Judith Butler

272 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Flowers of Evil & Paris Spleen: Selected Poems by Charles Baudelaire

The Flowers of Evil & Paris Spleen: Selected Poems

Charles Baudelaire

100 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction classics poetry dark reflective medium-paced
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot

Samuel Beckett

87 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
fiction classics play funny reflective slow-paced
Come Close by Sappho

Come Close

Sappho

54 pages • first pub -570 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction classics lgbtqia+ poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi

Red Colored Elegy

Seiichi Hayashi

240 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
fiction manga emotional reflective slow-paced
Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

434 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced