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Tom Willard

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“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
― W.G. Sebald, Vertigo

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“There lived a redheaded man who had no eyes or ears. He didn’t have hair either, so he was called a redhead arbitrarily. He couldn’t talk because he had no mouth. He had no nose either. He didn’t even have arms or legs. He had no stomach, he had no back, he had no spine, and he had no innards at all. He didn’t have anything. So we don’t even know who we’re talking about. It’s better that we don’t talk about him any more.”
― Daniil Kharms, Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings

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Completists' Club — 513 members — last activity Sep 09, 2023 03:24PM
A group for those attempting to complete, or who have completed, the canons of their favourite writers. Share your canon-wide knowledge and opinion wi ...more

Bottom's Dream — 115 members — last activity Feb 19, 2024 06:21PM
This a group to read and celebrate the writings of Arno Schmidt, with especial emphasis upon the forthcoming release of the Woodsing of his Meisterstü ...more

The Kindred Spirits — 300 members — last activity Sep 08, 2020 08:02AM
Place to meet and talk about anything.

William T Vollmann Central — 262 members — last activity 17 hours, 44 min ago
This corner of goodreads shall serve the needs of rainbow readers of Mr Vollmann's indulgent body of work. We welcome the veteran and the fresh flesh ...more

Dalkey Archive Press reads — 148 members — last activity Apr 18, 2020 05:39AM
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