Book #26 of 2026: In the United States of Africa by Abdourahman A. Waberi. An interesting thought experiment by the Djiboutian writer imagining a world in which Africa and the West switch places, culturally and economically.
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If they don't want to be losers they should stop being losers, frankly.
Book #25 of 2026: Entering Fire by Rikki Ducornet. I just love her. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/ente...
Every single dingus leaping on this RT is just some guy Jamelle personally and rightfully insulted trying to turn it into some kind of general principle. Enabling fascism = not liking me
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Remember Yglesias and others making a big deal out of Kamala supporting standing law about trans healthcare in prisons? Well, this is the alternative.
Book #24 of 2026: Zama by Antonio di Benedetto. Also really enjoyed the movie by Lucrecia Martel. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/zama...
Book #23 of 2026: A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid. A searing indictment of the exploitation of the island of Antigua. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-sm...
Book #22 of 2026: Norwood by Charles Portis. Funny as hell. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/norw...
Book #21 of 2026: The Ten Loves of Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami. Some great moments, but didn't add up for me. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
“…the disjunction between mass media’s conjuring of a college cancel-culture epidemic and the all-too-real impact of one wealthy predator’s billions in specialized funding is glaring…” www.salon.com/2026/02/19/j...
"Correct natural trajectory"!
Transphobes believe in teleology, confirmed a million times over. It's a basically pre-modern worldview that gets a lot of cover from the fact that it accords with our erroneous common-sense.
The scientific-world-conception is pro-trans, pre-modern mysticism is TERF.
When people hear "it saved my life", there’s a presumption made that we mean without it we would quite literally die. And for many of us, that's absolutely true... But for those of us who rely upon it regularly.... it means our lives are made so much better now that they actually feel worth living."
Book #20 of 2026: The Seers by Suleiman Addonia. Really enjoyed this lusty refugee story. With the addition of Eritrea, my "Countries Read" list is up to 116.
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Book #19 of 2026: Weather by Jenny Offill. Didn't work for me.
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The intention of policies like this proposal is to introduce so much friction, so much pain, so much discomfort and humiliation, that a child desists rather than continue to assert their true identity.
It is nothing less than conversion therapy being written into school policy.
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
Book #18 of 2026: Transcription by Ben Lerner. A minor book, but he sure makes this stuff look easy. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/tran...
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Book #17 of 2026: Emily Dickinson Face to Face by Martha Dickinson Bianchi. A lovely little memoir about growing the niece of the queen of all time. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/emil...
Book #16 of 2026: Sugarcane with Salt by James Ng'ombe. The book was fine, but more importantly: with Malawi, my "Countries Read" list is up to 115.
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Book #15: The War by Marguerite Duras. A collection of memoir pieces about Duras' experiences in the French resistance. Shocking and powerful. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
Book #14: The White Bear by Henrik Pontoppidan. #59/122 Nobel winners down. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
Book #13: Duplex by Kathryn Davis. What a blast. fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/dupl...
Heading to 🇦🇺 next month. Does anyone have reataurant/bar/coffee/park/whatever recs for Sydney or Melbourne?
Book #12 of 2026: Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather. Flop era.
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Book #11 of 2026: America, America by Greg Grandin. I liked this history of the New World a lot but I'm too lazy to copy the accented "a" again...
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We preach and we sing
Old men in the balcony still heckling
A frog reads the gospels
And chickens clucking
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Book posts get so little traction here but for those who are interested, here are my favorite reads of 2025 with little write-ups on my nearly 20-year-old blog.
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