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I've folded this account into my primary Twitter. Please follow me @upstreamism instead. Thanks.

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Joined February 2013
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For the night crowd: I'm collapsing this account into my primary Twitter. From now on, follow me @upstreamism. Thanks.
If you want to see me write more about books, and you happen to be an editor, contact me. I'd love to write reviews/essay for other outlets.
I still want to write about books, but when Notable Reader comes back, I'll be linking to it from my primary handle, @upstreamism.
The blog hiatus will drag on longer than I planned. I've been getting more freelance work lately, which puts blog/design time at a premium.
Yeah, I know I did something of the sort not too long ago, splitting @cultureramp into these two accounts. I'm learning. It's a process.
I'm collapsing this account into my other account. Follow me over @upstreamism. I promise to talk about books there.
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Daniel Green@greenlitcrit27 Aug 2013
On Graham Harman's attempt to elevate H.P. Lovecraft to the pantheon of great writers: noggs.typepad.com/thereading…
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@jeroendstout I think there's place for tradition alongside the pathfinding that necessarily makes up the present tense of any culture.
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@jeroendstout Not sure we have any choice. If canon builds pillars of stone, then is there a better analogy for what we have than concrete?
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@jeroendstout Or is it a wide expanse of concrete being poured as the foundation for some equally proud city of the future?
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ICYMI, I talked about why it doesn't particularly matter who plays Batman onscreen: medium.com/geek-empire/6b27b…
@ArrantPedantry 10% of me is like, "Go for it."
There was no official executioner, so the Margrave pointed at Heinrich and ordered him to do the deed: shrineodreams.wordpress.com/…
The Executioner: His Pride and His Shame

The Executioner: His Pride and His Shame

In 1553, a wood-cutter named Heinrich Schmidt was standing amongst a crowd in the Bavarian town of Hof, listening to the Margrave detail a plot to assassinate him. The Margrave had arrested three m…

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220 pages is a perfectly civilized length for a novel.
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For all his enmity regarding traditional philosophical dichotomies, Rorty sure seems willing to pit theory against narrative.
Basically, Rorty is the Woody Allen of academic philosophy.
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Rorty's utopia is rooted in seeing "strange people as fellow sufferers," a culture of hope built on a world defined by misery.
As with most utopia, I say, good luck with that, Rortians.
Rorty: "A postmetaphysical culture seems to me no more impossible than a postreligious one, and equally desirable."
The death of the ingenue? I have my doubts, but the reprieve is appreciated: themillions.com/2013/08/the-…
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