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by the time you reach it —
where context requires a simple
translation of two lines of Rilke¹ —
that footnote 98 swerves into a sex scene, automotive metaphors intertwined
with an obsessive focus on letters
& phonetic psychoacoustics,
feels not only unsurprising but inevitable

¹ see ⁹⁹, 3pp later
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“an assault on the nature of story.”
—Spin

the introduction — a caution i think against the writer’s life — was giving hella Borges ⇒ immediately sold.
but the layers of obsessive apocryphality are like a pynchon nabokov love child; it’s a rich, sick wonderland.

(& doesn’t everyone read ALT text?)
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Sherri Murphy-Jacobs
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I will spend the rest of the day just thinking "psychoacoustics" and it's your fault.
07:26 PM - Mar 14, 2024
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lol. you’re welcome? ☺️
08:48 PM - Mar 14, 2024
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Sherri Murphy-Jacobs
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It's fun to say out loud, and I'll bet it doesn't show up on my "unusual words" daily calendar ;)
12:11 PM - Mar 15, 2024
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i suspect neither does
“anfractuous”
which it seems was first used to describe the inner canal of the ear
12:34 PM - Mar 15, 2024
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Sherri Murphy-Jacobs
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Today's word is "hegira" alternate spelling "hejira", which I know mostly because of the Joni Mitchell album. Are you reading anything interesting? I ask because I am very nosey.
01:27 PM - Mar 15, 2024
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In response to Sherri Murphy-Jacobs.
“hegira” is an excellent word!

i tend to start more books than i finish, if you know what i mean. 😂
the one holding my attention right now is danielewski’s “house of leaves” — it’s pointedly insane, but brilliantly executed

how about you?
03:08 PM - Mar 15, 2024
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Sherri Murphy-Jacobs
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Current books -- Six Wakes, Legends and Lattes, The Art of War for Writers, and a whole shelf next to my bed. BTW, I saw you are in N Central Florida. I was born in Orlando and spent my last 15 yrs in FL living in Eustis (near Mt. Dora). Left in 2008. Don't miss it, oddly.
03:42 PM - Mar 15, 2024
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In response to Sherri Murphy-Jacobs.
most recently paused for me:
• the kingdom, the power, & the glory
• twain & stanley enter paradise

we’re about a half hour north of gainesville. it’s where i spent the first 6y of life; & then back for the last 3, trying to take care of my parents who retired back here to the exact same spot.
05:29 PM - Mar 15, 2024
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Sherri Murphy-Jacobs
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I read less loftily, until I don't. I'm taking a class this summer on SF literature (testing to see if my mental health will hold up to try to return to college, to get the MA I've wanted for far too long, just because.)
06:33 PM - Mar 15, 2024
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In response to Sherri Murphy-Jacobs.
oh, cool!
i hope the course is as fun as it sounds.
(love me some good sci fi)
and i hope it yields good data re: dipping back into academia
06:39 PM - Mar 15, 2024
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I hope so. I have loved SF/F since Star Trek TOS and Andre Norton (well, technically, Alexander Key, but that's quibbling) so I'm excited about getting into the conversation. But I'll be a lot older than most of the students, and my brain has problems. So, toss up.
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