- On Fathers & Their Anger & Everything That They Leave Behind

- on fathers & their anger & everything that they leave behind

Woodtangle, Mary Ruefle // Susan Smith, wych elm // @veniennes on tiktok // @veniennes on tiktok // Li-Young Lee, Folding a Five-Cornered Star So the Corners Meet // Jamaica Kincaid, from The Autobiography of My Mother // I hope this reaches her in time, by R.H. Sin // Liv Ullmann, Changing // excerpted from Sarah Kay's poem: "Hand me Downs", from her book "No Matter The Wreckage" // I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry, Halsey // It lingers for your whole life by katie maria (heavensghost on tumblr) // Cut, Catherine Lacey // Seven - Taylor Swift // Mouthful of Forevers, Clementine von Radics // @lilcowgirl7-deactivated20210223 // Thoman Builds-The-Fire, Smoke Signals (Sherman Alexie) // Desireé Dallagiacomo - I Forgive You

love & friendship - collected writings from side wounds and other poems

Emily Dickinson, "If I can stop one heart from breaking" // Disney, Lilo and Stitch // Becks_RyLynn on ao3, "How the Light Gets In" // Jessica Darrow—Surface Pressure // The Hunger Games (2012) // The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) // Lin Manuel-Miranda—The Reynold's Pamphlet // @throwitinthelake 's tags on this post // @lucidloving // see 2

poem excerpt by me | a uquiz i'm unable to find | Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper | Natalie Diaz, A Brother Named Gethsemane | tiktok | tumblr | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz | The Bible

Richard Siken, Straw House, Straw Dog // Little Beast

I think one of the slept on things that makes The Secret History feel like a real world is Donna Tartt's willingness to introduce a character that is just never brought up again (or brought up once or twice again.)

Because i'm real life, not every person you meet is going to have significance in your life. Not everyone is going to change that plot. Think about the teacher that takes over when Julian leaves. Or the farmer who claims to have seen Bunny. Or Richard's one night stand. Even the man stalking Henry and Bunny in Italy doesn't show up later.

And not only does this fill the gaps in the world, it absolutely helps build suspense. You never know if a character might have significance later, because there's simply no pattern to follow. It keeps you guessing.

Did I mention I started rereading The Secret History