Memory Weighs More
A tribute to José Luis García, a solitary writer whose literature transforms memory, exile, and authority into something enduring.
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Literature
Bookspel
The Bonfire as Literary Criticism
The burning of books as an identity ritual, a censorious gesture, and an involuntary parody of cultural criticism.
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Black Sun
Under Montevideo rain, melancholy as misalignment reveals a centerless world that demands endurance without illusions.
Essays
Irony, or the Birth of the Literary
The irony arises when language and thought become separated, establishing the literary realm as a space of masks, deception, and fundamental dissonance.
Essays
The LLM and the Sharpness of Meaning
LLMs do not threaten literature through intelligence, but through their ability to multiply mediocrity until meaning becomes invisible.
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Dietary for Out-of-Date Beings I
Diets and food aversions of certain outdated individuals.
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Citario Nietzsche
On the anniversary of Friedrich Nietzsche’s birth, this citarium evokes his idol-shattering hammer, the lion that gives birth to the child, and the eternal return.
Bookspel
The Swedish Raffle for the Nobel Prize in Literature
Every fall, the press bets on the usual suspects, and every fall, the Swedish Academy comes up with a name that causes Wikipedia to crash.
Essays
The Means of Thought
Literature as the only means of transforming thought via solitary language.
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Gardening Friendships
The beauty, intelligence, and perseverance of flowers and gardens are intertwined with literary references, personal experiences, and connections to life, death, and nature.