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๐ŸŽƒ ๐”ฅ๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ข๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฃ๐”ข๐”ž๐”ฑ๐”ฒ๐”ฏ๐”ข: โ€œ๐”ž ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฌ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ ๐”ฅ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ ๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ซ ๐”ฐ๐”จ๐”ฆ๐”ซโ€ ๐Ÿ‘ปOn Halloween night, our series steps from the archives into the imaginat...
10/31/2025

๐ŸŽƒ ๐”ฅ๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ข๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฃ๐”ข๐”ž๐”ฑ๐”ฒ๐”ฏ๐”ข: โ€œ๐”ž ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฌ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ ๐”ฅ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ ๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ซ ๐”ฐ๐”จ๐”ฆ๐”ซโ€ ๐Ÿ‘ป

On Halloween night, our series steps from the archives into the imagination. A Ghost in His Own Skin inhabits that liminal city-space where the spectral becomes flesh and the living turn translucent.

โ ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž. โž

In this tale from ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, a man from Punim County hides beneath the floorboards of Deathโ€™s own home, clutching the arrow fated for him. As he listens to the footsteps aboveโ€”those of the archer and his doomed wifeโ€”the story unfolds as a haunting meditation on fear, survival, and the ghost each of us carries within our skin.

๐Ÿ“– ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต: ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ & ๐˜Œ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ โ€” ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช: https://tinyurl.com/4nr9a98h
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๐™ธ ๐šŠ๐š– ๐š˜๐š—๐š•๐šข ๐šŠ ๐š•๐š˜๐šœ๐š ๐šœ๐š˜๐šž๐š• ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐™ฟ๐šž๐š—๐š’๐š– ๐™ฒ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šข ๐š—๐š˜๐š›๐š๐š‘ ๐š˜๐š ๐™ฝ๐šŽ๐š  ๐šˆ๐š˜๐š›๐š” ๐™ฒ๐š’๐š๐šข ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š๐šž๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š–๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š–๐š’๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šŠ๐š— ๐šŽ๐šก๐š˜๐š๐š’๐šŒ ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐š–๐šŽ๐š—๐š, ๐šข๐šŽ๐š ๐™ธ ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š” ๐š˜๐š ๐š—๐š˜ ๐š˜๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š ๐šŠ๐šข ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š’๐š—: ๐™ธ ๐š•๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š›๐š‹๐š˜๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šœ ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘.

๐™ต๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐šž๐š—๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐šŸ๐š’๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™ ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ท๐šž๐š๐šœ๐š˜๐š— ๐š…๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐šข, ๐šœ๐šž๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šข ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š๐š˜๐š ๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š”๐š’๐šœ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š–๐š’๐šœ๐š, ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š’๐šœ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š’๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐šŠ๐šŸ๐š˜๐š’๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šž๐š–๐šŠ๐š— ๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šž๐š—๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ ๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š’๐š๐š’๐šŒ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š. ๐šƒ๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐™ธ ๐šŠ๐š– ๐š’๐š— ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š‹๐šž๐š›๐š’๐šŽ๐š ๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šŒ๐š” ๐š˜๐šŠ๐š” ๐š™๐š•๐šŠ๐š—๐š”๐šœ, ๐™ธโ€™๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐š’๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šŠ๐š—๐šข ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐š”๐š—๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ ๐š–๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š๐š’๐š—๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐™ธ ๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š ๐šž๐š™๐š˜๐š— ๐š‘๐š’๐š– ๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šž๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šž๐š ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š.

๐š†๐šŠ๐š•๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐šœ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š— ๐šœ๐šž๐š—๐šœ๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐šž๐šœ๐š” ๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐šœ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐šœ๐šž๐š—๐š•๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šž๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŠ๐š๐š–๐š˜๐šœ๐š™๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š’๐š•๐š•๐šž๐š–๐š’๐š—๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š•๐š˜๐š ๐šŽ๐š›, ๐™ธ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š  ๐š‘๐š’๐š– ๐šŒ๐š•๐š’๐š–๐š‹ ๐šŠ ๐š ๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š˜๐š ๐š‹๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šข ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š—๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š™. ๐™ต๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š”๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐š˜๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐šž๐š—๐š๐š’๐š• ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐š’๐š ๐š›๐š˜๐šŒ๐š” ๐š‹๐š˜๐š๐š๐š˜๐š–, ๐š•๐šข๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šž๐š—๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐šœ๐šŒ๐š’๐š˜๐šž๐šœ ๐šข๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š’๐š–๐š’๐š๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ. ๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š’๐šฃ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š ๐š˜ ๐š–๐šŽ๐š—, ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š‹๐šž๐šŒ๐š”๐šœ๐š”๐š’๐š—, ๐šœ๐š–๐šŽ๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š–๐š˜๐š•๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐š˜๐šฃ๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š™๐šž๐šœ. ๐™ป๐šŽ๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐š•๐šœ ๐šž๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š— ๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐š  ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šข ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐šž๐šœ, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐™ธ ๐š๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š™๐š˜๐šž๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š ๐š˜ ๐š›๐š˜๐šŒ๐š”๐šœ, ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐š  ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ, ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š ๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐šข, ๐š๐š’๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š–๐šข ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š•๐š˜๐š›, ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š–๐šŽ ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š–๐šข ๐š˜๐š ๐š— ๐š–๐š˜๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›. ๐™ธ ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š‹๐š‹๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐š  ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š›๐šŠ๐š— ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐š—๐šœ๐šž๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š—๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐šž๐š—๐š๐š’๐š• ๐šŠ ๐š›๐š˜๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š.

๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šž๐š›๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ, ๐™ธ ๐š•๐šŠ๐šข ๐š๐š˜๐š ๐š— ๐š‹๐šž๐š ๐š›๐šŽ๐š–๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ, ๐šŠ ๐š ๐š›๐šŽ๐š๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐š› ๐šž๐š—๐šŠ๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šŒ๐š›๐š˜๐šœ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐š•๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™. ๐šƒ๐š˜ ๐š•๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›โ€”๐š’๐š ๐š˜๐š—๐š•๐šข ๐š’๐š ๐š ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š˜ ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šœ๐šข! ๐™ธ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š ๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐šŒ๐š•๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š–๐šข ๐šŽ๐šข๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šข๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ๐š ๐šœ๐šž๐š—๐š›๐š’๐šœ๐šŽ ๐™ธ ๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š–๐šข ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐š–๐šž๐š๐šŽ ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š˜ ๐™ผ๐šŠ๐š—๐š‘๐šŠ๐š๐š๐šŠ๐š— ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š’๐š ๐š’๐š ๐š ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š•๐šข ๐™ผ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐šข. ๐šƒ๐š˜ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐šš๐šž๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘, ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐šœ๐šŠ๐šข, ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š› ๐šž๐š™ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š•๐šž๐š๐š’๐šŒ๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐šœ ๐š™๐š˜๐šœ๐š๐šœ๐šŒ๐š›๐š’๐š™๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š–๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽโ€™๐šœ ๐š•๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐šŠ ๐š“๐š˜๐š”๐šŽ: ๐šข๐šŽ๐šœ, ๐™ธ ๐šŒ๐š•๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š˜ ๐š–๐šข ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐š™ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š” ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐š  ๐šŠ๐š™๐šŠ๐š›๐š, ๐š–๐šŠ๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šœ๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š”๐š’๐š•๐š• ๐š–๐šข๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐š ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š‹๐š“๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐š—๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐šœ๐š”. ๐™ฐ๐š•๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š’๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐š–๐šŽ ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šŠ๐š•๐šŠ๐š›๐š–, ๐š๐šข๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š–๐šŽ๐š ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐šœ๐šŽ. ๐™ด๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š— ๐šŠ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐š•๐šข ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š• ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š— ๐šŽ๐š–๐š‹๐š›๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐šŠ ๐š–๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐š’๐šŠ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐™ธ ๐š๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š ๐š–๐šข ๐š ๐šŠ๐šข ๐š‹๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š” ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šž๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šข ๐š™๐š’๐šŒ๐š”๐šŽ๐š ๐šž๐š™ ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š’๐š•.

๐™ธ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šœ๐š˜๐š˜๐š— ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š‹๐šœ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŸ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›โ€™๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ. ๐š†๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š ๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š–๐š–๐šŠ ๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐š, ๐™ธ ๐šœ๐š—๐šž๐šŒ๐š” ๐š’๐š—๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŽ, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š–๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š–๐šข๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐š ๐šŠ ๐šŒ๐šž๐š™ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ, ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š ๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š’๐š› ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐šž๐š•๐š•๐šข ๐š๐šž๐š•๐š• ๐š˜๐š ๐š–๐šข๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐š. ๐™ธ ๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐š• ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐š—๐š•๐šข ๐šŠ๐š ๐š˜๐š”๐šŽ ๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐™ธ ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐š– ๐šœ๐šŒ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š–๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š—๐š ๐šข๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐šŠ๐š ๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š–๐š–๐šŠ ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š”. ๐™ธ๐š— ๐š™๐šŠ๐š—๐š’๐šŒ, ๐š๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š—๐š˜ ๐šŽ๐šก๐š’๐š, ๐™ธ ๐š๐šž๐š ๐š–๐šข๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š›๐š‹๐š˜๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šœ. ๐™ถ๐š›๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐šŒ๐š” ๐š˜๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐š– ๐š ๐šŠ๐š•๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š–๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐š ๐š–๐šข ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š. ๐™ฑ๐šž๐š ๐™ธ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐š’๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š™๐šข๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š–๐šข ๐š˜๐š ๐š— ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šŒ๐š‘๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šข ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šœ ๐š‘๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š–๐š˜๐šœ๐š ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šŒ๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š™๐š•๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ.

๐™ท๐š˜๐š ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›, ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐šœ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š–๐šข ๐š•๐š’๐š๐šŽ, ๐š—๐š˜๐š  ๐š˜๐š— ๐š–๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šž๐š–๐šŠ๐š— ๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š–๐šœ, ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š” ๐šŠ ๐š—๐šŽ๐š  ๐š๐šž๐š›๐š— ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š’๐šŸ๐šŠ๐š• ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šž๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐š’๐šŠ๐š—๐šœ. ๐™ณ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘โ€™๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐š˜๐š’๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š–๐šž๐šœ๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š™๐š›๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š’๐šœ๐šŽ, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šŠ๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š™๐šž๐š•๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐š–๐šŠ๐š™๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š™๐š•๐š˜๐š๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š‹๐š’๐š›๐š๐š‘๐šœ, ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šž๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐š’๐šŠ๐š—๐šœ ๐šŽ๐šก๐šŽ๐š›๐šŒ๐š’๐šœ๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ๐š— ๐š’๐š—๐šŸ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š™๐š˜๐š ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›; ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š›๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š”๐šŽ๐š ๐šœ๐š”๐š’๐š— ๐šœ๐š˜๐š˜๐š— ๐š˜๐š˜๐šฃ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐š–๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šœ. ๐šƒ๐š˜ ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š› ๐š‘๐š’๐š– ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐šž๐š™ ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐šœ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š–๐šŽ๐š›๐šŒ๐šข ๐š–๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š•๐š’๐šฃ๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š•๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š— ๐šŠ๐š— ๐šŠ๐šœ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐š—๐š–๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š’๐šœ ๐š’๐š—๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š’๐šŸ๐šŠ๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐š™๐šž๐š—๐š’๐šœ๐š‘๐š–๐šŽ๐š—๐š.

๐š†๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข ๐šŠ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐šข ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šž๐š™๐š•๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐™ธ ๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š? ๐šƒ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š–๐š˜๐š›๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐šŽ๐š  ๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š–๐š–๐šŠ ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š› ๐š›๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐šŠ๐š‹๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ. ๐š‚๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š”๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐šœ ๐™ธโ€™๐š– ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š๐š’๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›, ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š™๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š–๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š–๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š• ๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š›. ๐™ธ๐š ๐™ธโ€™๐š– ๐šš๐šž๐š’๐šŒ๐š”, ๐™ธ ๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐šŠ ๐š๐šŽ๐š  ๐š–๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘๐š๐šž๐š•๐šœ. ๐™ฐ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š• ๐š–๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š•โ€™๐šœ ๐š๐š’๐š๐šŽ๐šœ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š ๐š˜๐š—๐š•๐šข ๐š๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ๐šข. ๐š‚๐šž๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š’๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š•๐š•๐š˜๐š ๐šœ ๐šŽ๐šก๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽโ€™๐šœ ๐š•๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š.

๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š–๐š–๐šŠ, ๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š–๐šž๐šœ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šž๐š›๐šŽ๐š•๐šข ๐š‹๐š›๐š˜๐š”๐šŽ๐š—, ๐š๐š’๐š—๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šข ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š๐šŽ๐š. ๐š‚๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š‹๐š‹๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š›๐š˜๐šœ๐šœ๐š‹๐š˜๐š  ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐š  ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š๐š’๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š•๐š˜๐š› ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐šŽ๐š  ๐š’๐š ๐š’๐š—๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐š–๐šข ๐š‹๐šž๐š›๐š’๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐š™๐š’๐š—๐š, ๐š—๐š˜ ๐š๐š˜๐šž๐š‹๐š, ๐™ธ ๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š ๐š‹๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š” ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š›๐š‹๐š˜๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šœ ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š—, ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š‹ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š‹๐š˜๐š  ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š’๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐š  ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š”๐š’๐š•๐š•๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š•๐š˜๐šœ๐šœ๐šž๐šœ.

๐™ธ ๐š”๐š—๐š˜๐š  ๐š‘๐šž๐š–๐šŠ๐š— ๐š—๐šŠ๐š๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š›๐šœ๐š‘ ๐š“๐šž๐š๐š๐š–๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐šž๐š ๐™ธ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š•๐š’๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐™ธ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š–๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š•๐š’๐šœ๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š— ๐š–๐šž๐š›๐š๐šŽ๐š›. ๐™ด๐šœ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š™๐šŽ! ๐š†๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐š•๐šœ๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š ๐™ธ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š’๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š ๐š˜๐š–๐šŠ๐š— ๐šŽ๐šก๐š™๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š? ๐™ธโ€™๐š– ๐š˜๐š—๐š•๐šข ๐šŠ ๐š•๐š˜๐šœ๐š ๐šœ๐š˜๐šž๐š• ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐™ฟ๐šž๐š—๐š’๐š– ๐™ฒ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šข ๐š‹๐šž๐š›๐š’๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š•๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐™ธ ๐š‹๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š•๐šข ๐š”๐š—๐šŽ๐š  ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šŠ๐š— ๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐™ธ ๐š˜๐š—๐š•๐šข ๐š—๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐š ๐š•๐šข ๐šŽ๐š•๐šž๐š๐šŽ, ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐šŒ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐™ธโ€™๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ, ๐šŠ ๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šœ๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š–๐šข ๐š˜๐š ๐š— ๐šœ๐š”๐š’๐š—, ๐š•๐š’๐šŸ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š›๐š‹๐š˜๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šœ ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘.

๐Ÿ’€ ๐™‹๐™Š๐™€โ€™๐™Ž ๐™๐™„๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐™ˆ๐™”๐™Ž๐™๐™€๐™๐™”: ๐˜ผ ๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™‡๐™€ ๐™„๐™‰ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™๐™†โ  ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐ท๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’....
10/28/2025

๐Ÿ’€ ๐™‹๐™Š๐™€โ€™๐™Ž ๐™๐™„๐™‰๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐™ˆ๐™”๐™Ž๐™๐™€๐™๐™”: ๐˜ผ ๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™‡๐™€ ๐™„๐™‰ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™๐™†

โ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐ท๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ? โž ๐Ÿ’ญ
โ€” โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’โ€ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’)

On an October night in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, delirious and dressed in another manโ€™s clothes. He was taken to Washington College Hospital, where he slipped in and out of consciousness, calling for a mysterious โ€˜Reynolds.โ€™ Four days later, he died: alone, at 40 years old.

The cause? Still unknown. Perhaps, simply Death returning the favor to its most loyal chronicler.

Poeโ€™s life was infused with the gothic, his mind haunted by beauty & ruin, its corridors echoing with obsession and dread, but his final act remains the most mysterious chapter of all. The man who gave us ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, and ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐‘› became, in death, his own last unsolved tale.

As the veil thins this Halloween, we raise a candle to literatureโ€™s restless spirits: those who walked the boundary between art, life, and afterlife.

๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐Œ๐€๐˜๐Ž๐‘๐’, ๐‘๐„๐€๐‹ ๐’๐“๐€๐Š๐„๐’: ๐๐€๐†๐„ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐’๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป (๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—–):With the final debate behind us, the real act ...
10/25/2025

๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐Œ๐€๐˜๐Ž๐‘๐’, ๐‘๐„๐€๐‹ ๐’๐“๐€๐Š๐„๐’: ๐๐€๐†๐„ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐’

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป (๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—–):
With the final debate behind us, the real act begins. ๐™€๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ (Sat, Oct 25) and runs through Sun, Nov 2. ๐™€๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™ช๐™š, ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ซ ๐Ÿฐ.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: We just published โ€œ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต,โ€ a compact mini-syllabus on power, image, and the role the city & those running it play in it. Give it a quick read now; then take that lens with you to the booth.

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
The last mayoral general (2021) drew about 1.15 million ballots: roughly 23.39% turnout of registered voters. Thatโ€™s ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ New Yorkers deciding the cityโ€™s storyline for everyone else. We can write a better chapter.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ:
This is your chance to set the cityโ€™s next four years: on housing affordability, migrant services, climate resilience, transit reliability, and public safety. Of course, the decisions made now shape core urban life, but they also decide whether libraries stay open on Sundays, small presses get funded, school book budgets grow, arts grants are given, and cultural spaces survive enough to host the next launch / poetry slam night.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿ“† ๐‘‰๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ 4โƒฃ. Make a plan, bring a friend.
๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ ๐น๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ via this link: https://vote.nyc/page/find-your-poll-site

๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐Œ๐€๐˜๐Ž๐‘๐’, ๐‘๐„๐€๐‹ ๐’๐“๐€๐Š๐„๐’: ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“Cities are governed by policy, but imagined through stories. In the run-u...
10/24/2025

๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐Œ๐€๐˜๐Ž๐‘๐’, ๐‘๐„๐€๐‹ ๐’๐“๐€๐Š๐„๐’: ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“

Cities are governed by policy, but imagined through stories. In the run-up to NYCโ€™s mayoral vote, this mini-syllabus pairs fiction and nonfiction to examine power, image, turnout, and the institutions that make culture possible. Not a pitch, a prism: lenses to read the city more clearly before you help write its next chapter.

๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š™๐šŠ๐š›๐š” ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š’๐šŸ๐š’๐šŒ ๐š‹๐š›๐šŠ๐š’๐š—:

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฝ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” โ€” ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘“๐‘’
๐Ÿ–๏ธ Moneyโ€“mediaโ€“law collide in 1980s NYC; politics becomes theater with citywide consequences.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’“: ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’• ๐‘ด๐’๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ต๐’†๐’˜ ๐’€๐’๐’“๐’Œ โ€” ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐ด. ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ
๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธ A definitive anatomy of how unelected power, wielded through authorities and bonds, remade NYCโ€™s parks, bridges, and highways, often at the expense of neighborhoods.

๐‘น๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† โ€” ๐ธ. ๐ฟ. ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค
๐Ÿ–๏ธ NYC/New Rochelle, early-1900s: a collage of real and invented livesโ€”Houdini, Emma Goldman, J. P. Morgan, Henry Fordโ€”where race, class, immigration, and celebrity capitalism collide; history rendered as sharp, unsentimental montage rather than nostalgia.

๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’ˆ ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’”๐’๐’, ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† โ€” ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘˜๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–
๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธ Chicago as a case study in spectacle-first populism, where ethnic-bloc politics and media manipulation show how branding can eclipse governance.

๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’ ๐‘ฉ. ๐‘บ๐’•๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘น๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘ท๐’๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ท๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“ โ€” ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘. ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’
๐Ÿ–๏ธ Cleveland, 1967: the first elected Black mayor of a major U.S. city and the coalitions that shifted urban power.

๐‘ฉ๐’๐’˜๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’๐’† โ€” ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐ท. ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘š
๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธ The classic on declining social capital and civic association; essential for understanding turnout gaps, trust, and why institutions like libraries and neighborhood groups are the scaffolding of democracy.

๐‘จ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’š๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’” ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† โ€” ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ
๐Ÿ–๏ธ A candid look at big-city governance as a bargain between machine politics and public virtue, showing how private appetites warp public duty.

๐“—๐“ž๐“ฆ๐“› ๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐‘ท๐’๐’†๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’๐’…Seventy years ago this month (October 7, 1955), in a converted auto-repair s...
10/20/2025

๐“—๐“ž๐“ฆ๐“› ๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐‘ท๐’๐’†๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’๐’…

Seventy years ago this month (October 7, 1955), in a converted auto-repair shop on Fillmore Street, something wild and uncontainable broke loose.

Allen Ginsberg stepped up to the mic at the Six Gallery in San Francisco, clutching his typewritten pages, looking more like a schoolteacher than a rebel poet.

Then he began:
โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ โ€ฆโ€

Jack Kerouac shouted โ€œGo!โ€ and Ginsberg did, his voice a storm that refused to stop. The audience sat stunned as the words came like thunderclaps: raw, unapologetic, loud.

That night, ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ cracked open the American psyche. It tore through the lacquer of postwar perfection, exposing the machinery beneath: minds eroded by madness, beauty stifled under the weight of order. It wasnโ€™t rebellion for its own sake; it was the sound of truth finding its lungs.

Within a year, ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜–๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด would be published by City Lights Books in San Francisco, sparking an obscenity trial that ultimately expanded the boundaries of free expression in the United States. The court declared the poem โ€œof redeeming social importance;โ€ and with that, poetry itself regained its right to be dangerous.

โ€œ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฅ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›?โ€ โ€” Ginsbergโ€™s cry against conformity, repression & spiritual starvation still resonates, echoes today.

Seventy years on, the echo hasnโ€™t faded. Itโ€™s only changed frequency. From coffeehouses to open mics, from mimeographed zines to pixel screens, the howl keeps morphing, keeps breaking form. Itโ€™s every voice that refuses to go quiet. Every artist who still believes that words can rattle walls, unmask gods, and set a heart on fire.

โšก๏ธRead the full poem via this link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl

๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก๐Ÿ‚แด„แดแดสŸ ๊œฐส€แดษดแด›: สŸแด‡แด›แด›ษชษดษข-ษขแด & ส™แด‡แด„แดแดษชษดษข๐Ÿ‚โ™ฆ๏ธ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฉ:Fall does not end the story; it changes its state. Trees re...
10/17/2025

๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก

๐Ÿ‚แด„แดแดสŸ ๊œฐส€แดษดแด›: สŸแด‡แด›แด›ษชษดษข-ษขแด & ส™แด‡แด„แดแดษชษดษข๐Ÿ‚

โ™ฆ๏ธ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฉ:
Fall does not end the story; it changes its state. Trees release their leaves. That does not mean the leaves are dead; it means they are becoming something elseโ€”mulch, dye, tannin, paper, soil, memory. Create into that passage. Offer a moment in which letting-go begins a becoming. Your โ€œleafโ€ may be literal or metaphorical: a habit, a mask, a city block, a language, a photograph, a promise. Show the downstream life of what falls: how it stains, feeds, composts, or seeds what comes next.

This is an open call for voices exploring change, release, and renewal โ€” in any form your work takes.
Poetry, prose, song, image, or reflection โ€” all are welcome.

๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™—๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ:
โ€ข ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ: [email protected]
โ€ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ: COOL FRONT โ€” [Your Name]
โ€ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ: October 31

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10/12/2025

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Words That Strike. Pages That Transform.

โ€œ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ—/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌโ€ Today, Giants Steps Press turns the spotlight ...
09/11/2025

โ€œ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ—/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌโ€

Today, Giants Steps Press turns the spotlight to the unseen honor of maintenance. In โ€œThe Pool Cleaner: Cleaning the Reflecting Pools at the 9/11โ€ฆ,โ€ youโ€™ll meet James Maroon, whose nightly routine is an essential act of respect.

โ€‹โ€‹In this touching and quietly powerful video, a dedicated custodian cleans the reflecting pools at the 9/11 Memorial โ€” labor that might feel invisible but is incredibly symbolistic. These pools, positioned precisely where the Twin Towers once stood, embody both absence and remembrance.

Every night, Maroon ensures the surfaces remain pristine, enabling visitors to find stillness, even in the city that never sleeps. The reflecting pools, designed by architect Michael Arad, bring profound meaning to that stillness: water flows into deep voids that, by design, can never be filled; reminding us of the lives lost, the emptiness that remains.

Beneath the calm, a sophisticated engineering system recirculates tens of thousands of gallons of water, filtering and returning it, even as freeze-resistant systems keep it flowing through winter. In this convergence of care, design, and symbolism, weโ€™re reminded that memorials arenโ€™t just about whatโ€™s built. Theyโ€™re about whatโ€™s preserved, day in and day out.

โ–ถ๏ธ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž:

James Maroon is part of a crew that cleans the two square reflecting pools which stand on the site of the Twin Towers as part of the 9/11 Memorial.Read more ...

๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿ“š ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐šข ๐š‚๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐šข ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐™ป๐š’๐šœ๐š ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŒง๏ธThe sky is gray, the streets are wet, and itโ€™s the perfect day to curl up with words th...
09/07/2025

๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿ“š ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐šข ๐š‚๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐šข ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐™ป๐š’๐šœ๐š ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŒง๏ธ

The sky is gray, the streets are wet, and itโ€™s the perfect day to curl up with words that carry you elsewhere in your favorite reading nook. A few ideas for your rainy-day stack:

โ˜‚๏ธŽ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต by Fyodor Dostoevsky โ€” guilt, rain, and redemption.

โ˜๏ธŽ ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ by Virginia Woolf โ€” a single day, layered with memory and rain-soaked London streets.

โ˜‚๏ธŽ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ด by Ivan Bunin โ€” a collection of short stories by a Nobel Prize-winning author. A meditation on love, longing, and fleeting beauty. Every single piece is a short masterpiece, guaranteed to elevate you spiritually.

โ˜๏ธŽ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด by Victor Hugo โ€” sweeping, rain-drenched drama of justice and mercy. If the classic seems like too much of a stretch for today, read the story of ๐˜Ž๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ in it.

Rain slows the city down โ€” maybe thatโ€™s its gift. Whatโ€™s the book youโ€™ll reach for today? โ˜•โœจ

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ญ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ยท ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ•: ๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐„๐ŸŽญ ๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ: ๐‘ซ๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’š ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ...
09/04/2025

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ญ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ยท ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ•: ๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐„

๐ŸŽญ ๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ: ๐‘ซ๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’š ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’

๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

Texas Hill Country visual artist Dusty Pendelton captures a lone cowboy wiping his brow, heat shimmering off the land as he scans the horizon for a lost horse. Itโ€™s a fitting close to our Itโ€™s Hot Where I Live seriesโ€”an image of endurance, humility, and the stubborn hope to keep looking.

Our hearts go out to everyone in the Texas Hill Country still searching and recovering from the heat-driven flooding of the Guadalupe River. May repair come quickly, and may neighbors keep showing up for one another.

๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ท๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ฝ๐Ÿ„บ ๐Ÿ…ˆ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ…„ to all the writers, artists, and musicians who made this series burn bright. Stay tunedโ€”new GSP series ahead.

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ญ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ยท ๐๐จ. 6โ€œ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉโ€ โ€” ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™–๐™ข๐™ค (๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ-๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™)Our heat series keeps asking what heat doe...
09/03/2025

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ญ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ยท ๐๐จ. 6

โ€œ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉโ€ โ€” ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™–๐™ข๐™ค (๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ-๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™)

Our heat series keeps asking what heat does to memory and music. Hereโ€™s the sixth feature โ€“ a selected ๐Ÿ…ข๐Ÿ…ค๐Ÿ…‘๐Ÿ…œ๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…ข๐Ÿ…ข๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…ž๐Ÿ… from the community.

๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž
Bronx, 1970s: hydrants misting into the sky, stoops thumping bass, stickball in fever air, subways with no breeze. Tony Adamoโ€™s spoken-word ode runs the boroughsโ€”Harlem to Jones Beach, stadium lights to fire escapesโ€”then lands on a genesis moment: a hot summer when block parties, basements, and a DJ named Kool Herc helped set Hip-Hop in motion. Itโ€™s a city heat index scored to jazz, boombox, and memory.

๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
๐Ÿ”นโ€œYo brother, itโ€™s hot out here!โ€
๐Ÿ”ธ โ€œMan, letโ€™s breathe togetherโ€”this is it.โ€

๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค.
โ€”

๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ
Yo, listen up, Iโ€™m painting a picture in the heat of the day,
โ€™70s in the Bronx had many special daysโ€”
ยท
Blocks slick with summer heat, where the sun holds high,
kids spill laughter like water from a hydrantโ€™s misting high in the air,
and they all yell each otherโ€™s name:
๐˜ ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ!
ยท
Happy fantasies of spray and play,
tagging walls with chalk lines, dreams in bright array.
New York stoops hum with basslines, a boom box plays on the cornerโ€”
you donโ€™t mind the heat from your dancinโ€™ feet.
๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ.
ยท
Jazz and Hip Hop collide like thunder on hot pavement in Harlemโ€™s way.
In New York, the stoops of summer hold love, pain, and secrets.
๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜Š ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.
ยท
Shade trees whisper history as pigeons learn to fly,
dominos clack in the shade of an old oakโ€™s spine.
Playing the numbers, dancing on a slateโ€”OTB money won,
now you have the bread for that hot date.
ยท
๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜บ,
but a six-pack of Black Label buried in ice
will cool you off when you be throwinโ€™ street dice.
ยท
Lovinโ€™ Spoonful memories flow on the breezeโ€”
๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, a rhythm you feel with ease.
Itโ€™s summer hot in the city building, which holds the heat.
Sleeping on the fire escape at night might cool you down,
but the street noise keeps you awake.
ยท
A gypsy cab hums by, painted blur in the glare.
City kids having fun at summer camp,
and some cool off at Jones Beach.
ยท
Stay cool, keep movinโ€™
โ€”stickball on, keep the fever alive:
hit after hit, swing after swing, dreams survive.
No air in the subway lines 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6โ€”
Bronx to Manhattan, where the stories mix.
ยท
Sweat beads drip in the train tunnelsโ€™ bowels,
people on their way to somewhere and nowhere
on a smokinโ€™ red hot summer day in NYC in the 1970s.
ยท
A cold chocolate Yoo-hoo to quiet the thirst
that remains in your throat all day.
Night games glow under stadium lightsโ€™ electric kissโ€”
Yankees and Mets fans feeling the summer nightsโ€™ heat in the stands.
ยท
Italian ices melt on tongues, red and bright.
Bronx summer memories flicker in the neon night.
So letโ€™s hear it for the five boroughsโ€”
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.
ยท
And how โ€™bout Mayor Lindsayโ€™s and Beameโ€™s hot summer headlines
that grabbed you in the heat as ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด had its say.
ยท
The hot burninโ€™ summer brought Hip-Hop to the streetsโ€”
so dig, the party Bronx basements where Hip-Hop was born
on August 11, 1973.
ยท
DJ Kool Herc, the Father of Hip-Hop,
who pioneered the sound and techniques of Hip-Hop of todayโ€”
he was the first to spin the music of Hip-Hop
on a summer nightโ€™s heat.
ยท
๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€”๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต.
I need a hot tub full of ice on Arthur Ave
so the Block Party can jam on this wet, humid New York Night.

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บAt Giant Steps Press, we know that books are built not by just ideas, but ...
09/01/2025

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ

At Giant Steps Press, we know that books are built not by just ideas, but by people & the immersive, all-encompassing kind of labor that is goes into bringing a conception into fruition. On Monday, September 1, 2025, weโ€™re honoring the hands and minds behind every book: authors and editors, proofreaders and indexers, designers and typesetters, printers and binders, warehouse teams, indie booksellers, librarians, and couriersโ€”everyone who helps a story find its reader.

๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ?
โ€ข The first Labor Day parade took place in New York City on September 5, 1882, organized by the Central Labor Union.
โ€ข It became a national holiday in 1894โ€”part of a broader push for workersโ€™ rights.
โ€ข The fight for the 8-hour workday stretched across decades, with milestones culminating in federal protections in the early 20th century.

If a book from Giant Steps Press has kept you company this year, ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต:
๐Ÿ“ธ Share a photo of your current read or your workspace in the comments
๐Ÿท๏ธ Tag your favorite local bookstore or librarian
๐Ÿ’ฌ Tell us about someone whose โ€œquiet craftโ€ made a difference in your reading life

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