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womancorpse · 9 days

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"I am an unwieldy object thrown toward you that you somehow keep managing to catch, a string of accidents you solve, each one folded and stored, though I feel I could do more like not picking at my joints, not setting myself on fire. It really is so tasty and educational to live with you, ousting empires or just sipping tea from chipped mugs and listening to rain, to the clouds' magnificent collisions." Accidents, John McCullough, Reckless Paper Birds

#whatever souls are made of his and mine are the same #john mccullough #reckless paper birds #currently reading #quote #quotes #poem #poems #poetry

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globule-noir · 9 months

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Self-Portrait as a Flashing Neon Sign

-by John McCullough-

My green face is enormous on the hill.

The night sky is assaulted

by my ridiculous nose,

a skew-whiff cap and ionized grin.

I am a jumble of lighting bottled

in the loop and swerve of glass,

Watford-lairy, off my trolley –

bumped off then resurrected, time and again.

I pound the retinas of innocent pedestrians,

spark petitions. I am too much.

Boys canoodle under my chin, uneducated

by the empty clarity of my presence.

I smile on, assist dog walkers, mystify drunks.

I am a fizz in their cytoplasm.

I am frying the dark.

I am lucky as a ninety-nine-leafed clover.

#poetry #John McCullough #neon

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martyncrucefix · 1 year

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Interviewed on 'Poetry Worth Hearing'

Just before the Christmas break, I was pleased to be asked by Kathleen McPhilemy to contribute to the January 2023 edition of her on-going series of podcasts, Poetry Worth Hearing. Kathleen’s own introductory remarks about what the podcast includes are as follows: Jessica Mookherjee reading from two recent collections, Tigress and Notes from a Shipwreck (both published by Nine Arches Press),…

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just-late-roman-republic-things · 5 months

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I love how almost every portrayal I've read of Aurelia (Caesar's mother) makes her calm, brilliant, pragmatic, and faintly terrifying. Think what you will of Caesar, but nobody messes with his mom!

#colleen mccullough robert harris john maddox roberts and now santiago posteguillo #it's like they all agreed 'yeah this woman got away with murder. several times'#i love her #aurelia #the lone exception is conn iggulden but shhh we're not counting him #jlrrt speaks #jlrrt reads

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thebeautifulbook · 9 months

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POEMS by John Greenleaf Whittier (New York: Stokes, 1893) Illustrations by William A, McCullough

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#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #books #book cover #vintage books #illustrated book #victorian era #john greenleaf whittier #william a mccullough #book design #poetry

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starrybluez · 2 years

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The Beatles playing soccer ⚽️, or football as they'd call it in their neighborhood 😉 while filming "Magical Mystery Tour". In Ringo's garden in Surrey and also in what I think is an airfield of some sort.

Bonus: Looks like John decided to stay out of the game and just play the cello instead.

Another bonus: Paul, Henry McCullough and even Martha playing ⚽️ in the early 70's

#the beatles #wings #magical mystery tour #blue jay way #martha #soccer #football #beatles and sports #random finds #60's #70's #paul mccartney #ringo starr #george harrison #john lennon #henry mccullough #q

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michelle-manips · 1 year

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Bonnie Bennett/Mick St. John Gif Set

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frauncestavern · 5 months

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Just some light reading

#amrev #american revolution #mine #John Adams #David McCullough #Abigail Adams #1776

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deadpresidents · 11 months

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So, sorry to bother but, are there absolutely any books you could recommend on Theodore Roosevelt? I plan to read The River Of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, but have already read Mornings On Horseback + the entire Edmund Morris trilogy 1-3.

So outside of those books (+ A Bully Father, forgot to mention), are there any you could recommend? If not that's fine!

You're off to a great start! In my opinion, you've already checked off the best of the bunch with Edmund Morris's trilogy (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt; Theodore Rex; and, Colonel Roosevelt). David McCullough's Mornings On Horseback would have been right at the top of my recommendations, as well. I'd also suggest picking up T.R.: The Last Romantic (BOOK | KINDLE) by H.W. Brands.

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism (BOOK | KINDLE) by Doris Kearns Goodwin is excellent, and also explores the fascinating relationship between TR and his hand-picked successor (and eventual bitter rival during the 1912 campaign), William Howard Taft.

The relationship and rivalry between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson during TR's post-Presidency and World War I is also a captivating subject and the focus of two other great books: The Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt by John Milton Cooper Jr., and TR's Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy (BOOK | KINDLE) by David Pietrusza.

You mentioned that you're planning to read Candice Millard's The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (BOOK | KINDLE) and that's definitely another book I would have suggested. PBS's American Experience also made a great documentary called Into the Amazon about that dangerous trip by Roosevelt. Another really good book about Theodore Roosevelt's post-Presidency and final years before his death is When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt After the White House (BOOK | KINDLE) by Patricia O'Toole.

There are scores of great books about TR because he was an endlessly fascinating character, so I'm undoubtedly forgetting to mention a bunch of books that I'd strongly recommend, but hopefully this helps. As I mentioned, I think the Edmund Morris trilogy is the definitive work on Roosevelt's life, so you've got a solid foundation already.

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sesiondemadrugada · 1 year

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The Quiet Girl (Colm Bairéad, 2022).

#colm bairéad #the quiet girl #claire keegan #andrew bennett #catherine clinch #kate mccullough #john murphy #emma lowney #neill treacy #louise stanton

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silliestcolressfan · 1 month

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GUYS

LOOK WHO ARRIVED

Huzzah!

#john adams #david mccullough #David McCullough's biography on John Adams

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womancorpse · 10 days

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"From my broken fairy light, a genie of smoke arises, my lover's voice on the phone." Pelican, John McCullough, Reckless Paper Birds

#john mccullough #currently reading #reckless paper birds #quote #quotes #poem #poems #poetry #whatever souls are made of his and mine are the same

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joachimnapoleon · 2 years

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Very sad to learn of the passing of David McCullough. His biography on John Adams, and the HBO miniseries inspired by it, were what got me interested in studying the American “Founding Fathers” and their era. I remember being so engrossed in the book I read it in two days, and became so fascinated with the Founders, their personalities, quarrels, political views etc, that they were all I wanted to read about for the next couple years.

He did some marvelous narration work too. There was just something about his voice that fit Ken Burns’ PBS Civil War documentary perfectly. He also narrated documentaries on Napoleon, the American West, and the Roosevelts, among others.

#David McCullough #John Adams #history

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genevieveetguy · 1 year

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You don't have to say anything. There's many a person missed the chance to not say anything, and lost much by it.

The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin), Colm Bairéad (2022)

#Colm Bairéad #Carrie Crowley #Andrew Bennett #Catherine Clinch #Michael Patric #Kate Nic Chonaonaigh #Joan Sheehy #Tara Faughnan #Neans Nic Dhonncha #Eabha Ni Chonaola #Kate McCullough #Stephen Rennicks #John Murphy #2022

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just-late-roman-republic-things · 10 months

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Four novelists write about the Catiline conspiracy:

Colleen McCullough: Catiline is the human embodiment of evil. Cicero, Crassus and Caesar make an uneasy alliance to take him down; the rest of the Senate needs to get punched in the face.

Robert Harris: Catiline is but a puppet of Caesar, Pompey and Crassus. Cicero is an annoying worrywart but also 100% right. Tiro is the real MVP.

John Maddox Roberts: Catiline and his dudes have no idea what they’re doing. The real drama lies in who gets an army to wipe them out - and whether that army will be turned against Rome afterward.

Steven Saylor: Catiline is a sexy leftist revolutionary and my self-insert OC is SUPER gay for him. Naked moonlit walks. Hot tubbing. The conspiracy is also dramatic and sexy.

#steven saylor is a national treasure #saylor and mccullough are my favorites #catiline conspiracy #colleen mccullough #robert harris #john maddox roberts #steven saylor #catiline #jlrrt speaks

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nerds-yearbook · 1 year

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In 1988, terrorists accidentally awaken Martian invaders from the original War of the Worlds invasion. By accidentally exposing the Martians to radioactive waste the germs were killed that kept the aliens dormant. This time around the aliens decided to invade a little lower key and reveal that they have the ability to take human bodies as disguises. A survivor of the original attack is soon wise to their reappearance and starts to hunt them with his colleagues and military handler. ("The Resurrection", War of the Worlds, TV)

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