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I Want To Read A Short Story About An Old Astronaut

I Want To Read A Short Story About An Old Astronaut

Jul 17, 2023 Literature

It's okay for the story to be poignant some of the time but it's not a sad story. He can't have dementia or anything, he's not deluded about being a young astronaut, okay. And it's not a commentary on the "decline of empire" after the space race, that's important.

All the Food in Ursula Parrott's 1929 Novel "Ex-Wife" and Whether I Would Eat It

All the Food in Ursula Parrott's 1929 Novel "Ex-Wife" and Whether I Would Eat It

Jun 26, 2023 Food

"We ate tomato en gelée, and lobster, and alligator pears—the preposterous sort of meal women order when they are dining together."

Dante's Inferno, Canto VI

Dante's Inferno, Canto VI

Jun 21, 2023 Dante

"Call me Pigly," Pigly said.

Dante's Inferno, Canto IV

Dante's Inferno, Canto IV

May 24, 2023 Literature

Your friend -- the tall one? came by -- I didn't catch his name.

Dante's Inferno, Canto II

Dante's Inferno, Canto II

May 11, 2023 Literature

It was dark, air getting darker and so on. You know how nightfall comes on. Dark, and the usual accoutrements that come with the dark.