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learning a new language this year? read this first.
starting again is hard (on learning Korean, French, Italian, and Danish)
Mar 10
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the year of reading
the best books I read in 2025
Dec 8, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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reading shakespeare is sexy but...
a case for reading shakespeare + my favorite adaptations
Nov 17, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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fixing the falling literacy rate... starts with me?
a former lit student's tips on how to read more and well
Oct 7, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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my favorite short stories
some of my favorite short stories recs (with links) for youuu <3
Sep 23, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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what makes joan didion's writing so haunting?
spoiler-free reflections on Joan Didion's novels Democracy and The Year of Magical Thinking
Sep 16, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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"colors and light" by sally rooney, secrets and lies by mike leigh, and more on how capitalistic expectations are ruining your relationships
a lot is going on today! :)
Jul 15, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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mr salary by sally rooney
"My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all."
Jun 10, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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"concord 34” and “at the clinic” by sally rooney
reflections on sally rooney’s short stories
May 5, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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what i’m reading now
some good news + novels, short stories, and screenplays!
Mar 11, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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"even if you beat me" by sally rooney
on reading sally rooney’s entire bibliography and growing up in korea’s toxic academic culture
Feb 11, 2025
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Skylar Kim
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jhumpa lahiri fangirl
featuring works by Kurt Schwitters and favorite pieces from the Museo Nazionale Romano
Nov 28, 2024
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Skylar Kim
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