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Against reading as performance

The Grace of Reading for Transformation, Not Consumption

Reading doesn’t need to be optimized. An essay on escaping reading-as-productivity and rediscovering reading as transformation, not consumption.

The Hitch

Reading notes and reflections gathered across multiple encounters with this book.

small books, strong feelings

Quick Lit: Short and Sweet Reviews — January 2026

A grumpy bookseller novel, Lydia Millet’s razor-sharp short stories, Joy Harjo as the wise auntie we all need, and a strange new Roxane Gay–imprint release about grief, obsession, and the soul of a dog.

The Score How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game

Reading notes and reflections gathered across multiple encounters with this book.

Reflections on The Antidote

This page gathers my ongoing engagement with this book—reading notes, marginalia, and reflections written across different moments of return. What’s collected here focuses less on summary and more on what lingered after reading.

Reflections on Stone Yard Devotional

These notes capture my engagement with this book over time—what drew my attention, what remained in thought, what merited another reading.

Reflections on Bullshit Jobs

My reading notes from this book, gathered across several encounters—ideas that resonated, arguments that stayed with me, moments worth returning to.

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