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ListMar 24, 2026

favorite book? these are my answers

A reader-curated list

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ListMar 24, 2026

2026

A reader-curated list

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QuoteSep 20, 2025

Brother-in-law

Me? “Yeah, you. You’re the one who fell into that hole. What would you have done if you got stuck in there? Lived together happily ever after?”

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QuoteSep 20, 2025

Anyway, no one’s to blame. It’s just, families are strange things, aren’t they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the children supposed to do? Turn around and…

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ReviewSep 20, 2025

It puts the woman in the hole

Another Akutagawa prize (2013), and another reflection on conventions and expectations. This time, instead of the usual boxes boxing people in, we get holes from which one can or can't dig themself out. This less industrial and more organic metaphor brings so…

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Around the salon

favorite book? these are my answers

2026

Brother-in-law

Brother-in-law

It puts the woman in the hole

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David Boyd

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Around the salon

favorite book? these are my answers

2026

Brother-in-law

Brother-in-law

It puts the woman in the hole