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Nick Alm (detail)

we need an american girl doll who sorrow found when she was young, sorrow waited, sorrow won, sorrow they put her on the pill, it’s in her honey, it’s in her milk

what if i burst into tears rightnow .

why did this exchange in a youtube comment section make me want to cry

hey alice! Do you have plans for any future book/books or what you'll do after heartstopper?

I'm pretty sure that the first thing I'll do after finishing Heartstopper will be to write the IWBFT sequel. But that's literally it, I don't have any other plans, and I will definitely be taking a huge break lasting many months (genuinely referring to it as a sabbatical in my head)

WERE YOU GUYS SUBJECTED TO SEA SHANTIES EXTREMELY OFTEN AT A YOUNG AGE OR IS THIS NOT A UNIVERSAL WHITE EXPERIENCE… bc like ur man knew all of drunken sailer at age 5

all three are fine!! thank u in advance :)

nonfiction:

savage pastimes: a cultural history of violent entertainment by harold schechter (schechter is one of the best true crime authors ive ever read. title speaks for itself.)

tr@nny: confessions of punk rock's most infamous anarchist sellout by laura jane grace (autobiography, lead singer of the punk band against me!. laura came out as trans in the early 2010s.)

jenny holzer self titled (visual artist jenny holzer, most famously known for her truisms.)

the joke's over by ralph steadman (accounts of steadmans life—artist—alongside hunter s thompson, author & gonzo journalist.)

the only living witness by stephen g michaud & hugh aynesworth (the life & crimes of ted bundy.)

execution: the guillotine, the pendulum, the thousand cuts, the spanish donkey, & 66 other ways of putting people to death by geoffrey abbott (history of different torture + execution methods. dry at times, but very informative.)

up close: johnny cash by anne e neimark (quick, enjoyable biography on JC)

the mothman prophecies by john a keel (historical reports of the mothman, his relation to UFOs, the men in black, and the collapse of the silver bridge)

fiction:

fight club by chuck palahniuk (comedy, thriller)

the house on mango street by sandra cisneros (coming of age)

no country for old men by cormac mccarthy (thriller, crime)

do androids dream of electric sheep? by phillip k dick (thriller, sci-fi)

2001: a space odyssey by arthur c clarke (sci-fi)

johnny got his gun by dalton trumbo (war, history)

sharp objects by gillian flynn (crime, thriller)

fear & loathing in las vegas by hunter s thompson (comedy, journalism, history)

brokeback mountain by annie proulx (romance, LGBT, western)

jurassic park by michael crichton (sci-fi, thriller)

the miseducation of cameron post by emily m danforth (coming of age, LGBT)

psycho by robert bloch (crime, thriller)

poetry:

my favorite poems

my favorite poetry collections

as a persian girl i really wish that everyone informs themselves about the protests in Iran !!! people have no internet access, are being killed and beaten to death on the streets. the whole political system is a joke and a threat to human rights for all people in that country. it is my duty to use my voice for these people who aren't able to do so and i hope you do the same!!!

this is a women's rights issue and a human rights issue.

Excerpt from The Idiot by Elif Batuman