Wild World

Joan Didion, writing about the shock that followed after the death of her husband, John.

Barbara Kingsolver from Demon Copperhead (2022)

Thank you Boruto for giving us middle age narusasu (and they’re still pinning idiots) if nothing else. 🙏 I made a mini comic to show my appreciation 🥹

— Greg Santora

— Edgar Allan Poe from “The Sleeper” (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

farms, fish, graveyards

i. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, Sylvia Plath / ii. As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980, Susan Sontag / iii. Suddenly, It's December, Margaux Paul / iv. Waiting for This Story to End Before I Begin Another, Jan Heller Levi / v. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde / vi. The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857, Gustave Flaubert / vii. unknown / viii. @inanotherunivrse / ix. @violentcherries / x. Heaven, Mieko Kawakami (thank u @aworsening for attaching the sources)

Vikram Seth, from Summer Requiem: A Book of Poems; “Things to Say”

Can I still wait for you?

Marina Tsvetaeva, from a poem titled "As unforgettable as you’re forgetful," featured in Moscow in the Plague Years: Poems