jerryfaust.bsky.social
Books, urbanism, nature/animals.
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Vancouver, BC. šØš¦š³ļøāš
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Novellas are a great way to explore the work of a new author *or* to have a short ābreakā between longer reads.
Some faves:
Small Things like These- Claire Keegan
Chess Story - Stefan Zweig
The Guest Cat - Takashi Hiraide
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Philly had combined LRT and heavy rail daily ridership of 274,800 daily riders in Q4. Commuter rail counted for another 84,700 riders on top of this.
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Cc @humantransit.bsky.social @rmtransit.bsky.social
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I meant all rail modes - light rail (streetcars) & heavy rail (TTC subway).
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I just posted bus stats in a separate threadā¦
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Yes, see www.apta.com/research-tec... .
Canadian stats are in the final pages and not included in the summaries at the beginning.
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His books appear to *all* be in print, and thatās an impressive feat, given how prolific he was and the fact that many living writers see their books go out of print. Butā¦he doesnāt appear to be cited by younger (or established) writers as an influence. Maybe he will get a critical reappraisal ?
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Mary McCarthy seems to have faded too, though her death came longer ago. Austin Clarke, the Barbadian-Canadian writer who won the Commonwealth Prize & Giller prize for the same book, also seems to be missing from literary conversations/articles up here?
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Roth still seems to be talked about though: the Blake Bailey bio made headlines & the 2024 election brought chatter about The Plot Against America. Updike seems really far gone, even at the New Yorker, where he seemed ubiquitous. Bloom called him a minor writer with a major style (ouch!).
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The author did study at Oxford and is now living in the UK!
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I wonder if this title is on the radar of the book community? @bibliopaul.bsky.social @stuckinabook.bsky.social @hogglestock.bsky.social @ds228.bsky.social @nonsuchbook.bsky.social @vmspod.bsky.social
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I havenāt read this one yet but I read the previous book by @elongreen.bsky.social : Last Call. I recommend it!
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Thanks for doing this podcast Gil! Naples 1925 was one my first reads of 2025, so I look forward to hearing the interview.
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I love living Jews: I have Jewish friends and I hope that- in the. Dry near future- prejudice subsides against Jewish ppl.
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This is my all-time favourite Atwood novel!
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Youāve got this Gil!
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I enjoyed this book too!!
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You provide us all with interesting conversations that donāt cost us a dime and donāt even include advertisingā¦ and you do it in challenging times for the world. Thank you again for what you give, and donāt feel guilty if you need more time or need to take a break.
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I received it just before 2 PM Pacific yesterday.
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Jeremy, have you visited Vancouver before? We also have some great TOD here (ps: I lived in both St Louis and Chicago back in the 00s, and it seemed neither city was doing much TOD at the time, except in certain Chicago areas near the Loop).
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Did you make it to the Ives festival in Bloomington, IN last year? It was organized by the (wonderful) Peter Burkholder, who I knew casually in a former life (he also wrote the liner notes for the DG recording of the NYPhil recording of Ives Symphony #2 under Leonard Bernstein).
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Can we also import Swissrail for intercity transportation? šØš¦šØš