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The Curiouser Reader

A place to explore ideas and topics from books, and also reviews.

Long-haired person sitting facing a natural view with their back to the camera, in a meditative position.

Update: The Curiouser Reader Currently Closed for Submissions.

An editor should help and serve. That’s…

Photo of the cover of Their Eyes Were Watching God

There’s Not Much Happening on the South Shore of Lake Okeechobee

But, I went anyway, in search of…

Black and white photo of various realistic drawings of the human anatomy.

Finding the Wonders of the Human Body in Literature

After all, good literature is about the human…

Nadine Bjursten

A Ukrainian Beekeeper in the War Zone

A Review of Andrey Kurkov’s Grey Bees

Luca Vettor, The Note Strategist

Nastinesss

Hemingway, “To Have and Have Not” and the Rule of Nastiness

Reading Hemingway gives the feeling of…

Are You Operating At Your Most Optimal Level?

Tips on How to Perform at your Peak Level from Sports…

The Inextinguishable Symphony

A Memoir of How Music Helped Jews in Nazi Germany Choose Love Over Fear

The Art of Thought

What Graham Wallas’ seminal book can teach us about the creative process.

The Guest House

What I learned about Emotions from Rumi

One Hundred And Twenty-Six Pages Of Absurdism

A Book That Left Me Feeling Unfeeling

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