the slow life is a class privilege - by lan-anh nguyen

Reading Anna Karenina and just got hit with: “He walked down, for a long while avoiding looking at her as at the sun, but seeing her, as one does the sun, without looking.” Seeing her as one does the sun without looking???? Tolstoy you dog, you scoundrel, you prince, it’s gorgeous New art obsession: Reynier Llanes’ apparitions 🌬️ I was talking to a friend recently about how to write really great POV changes between characters—the novels I recommended her were László Krasznahorkai’s The Melancholy of Resistance: The first ten-ish chapters switch between close third-person narration from the perspective of different characters. So you’ll be deeply immersed in person… Whenever ppl tell me that they’re trans and always have been, and also, that they’ll never transition, and will willingly continue a life of muted agony, it is agonizing, and also, is the exact plot of Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada” (2013). Search “slow life” on Pinterest and you’ll see: a huge window letting in unfiltered light,

Reading Anna Karenina and just got hit with: “He walked down, for a long while avoiding looking at her as at the sun, but seeing her, as one does the sun, without looking.” Seeing her as one does the sun without looking???? Tolstoy you dog, you scoundrel, you prince, it’s gorgeous New art obsession: Reynier Llanes’ apparitions 🌬️ I was talking to a friend recently about how to write really great POV changes between characters—the novels I recommended her were László Krasznahorkai’s The Melancholy of Resistance: The first ten-ish chapters switch between close third-person narration from the pe