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Leaving_Marx

Leaving_Marx@wyrmsign.org

Joined 2 years ago

Printer, anarchist, illustrator, & enthusiast of the printed word.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I want everyone to read it and think of it often ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book, fun, and uncomplicated ⭐⭐⭐ Good, feel complicated about if I wasted my time ⭐⭐+⬇️ I hate read this

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reviewed Masters of the dew by Jacques Roumain (Caribbean writers series)

Jacques Roumain: Masters of the dew (1997, Heinemann) 5 stars

Review of 'Masters of the dew' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This was a really fantastic novel. Exploring the life and struggles of peasant communities in Haiti, and eloquently discussing the struggles of collectivization, mutual aid and family feuds.

I would definitely recommend this as a novel exploring the application of mutual aid and organizing outside the work place. It's very much a book of a time and place, but constructs an awesome story of roadblocks, feuds, and traditions coming in the way of a better life for all.

Joshua Clover: Red epic (2015) 5 stars

Review of 'Red epic' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I really liked this collection, maybe not for everyone, but my perfect poet. The layers upon layers of references to pop culture, literary figures, communist theory, and social struggle. I've gone back to it a number of times and each time found new pieces, but best read with your phone open to explore references to unlock more meaning from them all. that is, unless your some brainy super-freak whose familiar with all the obscure stuff brought up.

Frank Herbert: Dune (Hardcover, 2019, Ace) 5 stars

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …

Review of 'Dune (Dune, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Pretty good sci-fi. Had me musing over ethnonationalism and the ways we are made by our environment and how utopian dreams themselves are crafted by our conditions.