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Welcome @tamarawinter!
Tamara is the Commissioning Editor for Stripe Press. I like to think of Stripe Press as a distribution channel for the most interesting ideas in the world.
She has kindly agreed to do an AMA.
Reply with your questions :)
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@sardius
old but good, this book is full of gems and esp. relevant in today’s era, when every which person is trying to get you to believe one thing or another
a lot of insight into claiming product categories for builders too
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@syed
A Distant Mirror
Journal Entry #1
The nobility the clergy and the common man. The nobility protects, the clergy prays, and the common man works to feed both. In principle. Ultimately the point was the nobility were the knights and their power derived from their ability to kill or prevent killing. Violence. The horse being a key symbol because of its ability to increase the efficacy of the violence. This was the core kernel of truth around which the medieval system appears to be designed around. Yet it was the clergy who were ranked either equal or higher. Curious to think of what it means for today and our current structure. Also interesting how porous the barrier was between the 3 classes and movement between them not unlike what we have today. A distant mirror indeed. Very enjoyable read so far.
End of chapter 1.
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@schezhugo
Cross posting this here in case anyone’s curious. Would love to hear your thoughts!
https://farcaster.xyz/schezhugo/0x29b239c1
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@trupty
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson,
felt like reading a dream.
this book didn’t offer me a conventional storyline, but dropped me directly into a stream of consciousness. the entire reading experience felt very visual, intimate, heavy on noticing and feeling,
and then feeling some more.
also, it mentions Walt Whitman :)
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@mdf365
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe | An Audiobook
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-cask-of-amontillado/id1873071550
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@odysseyheart
January was a good reading month for me, and I can happily share I’ve managed to read 4 books!
And I’m actually almost half through a fifth one already.
These are my first 2026 read ama 🫰🏼
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@july
I feel like I am at a place in my life where I’m ready to read the Alexandria Quartet (Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea) again
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@patriciaxlee.eth
In addition to the striking kintsugi cover, the thank you section of Stewart Brand’s new book caught my eye. Early drafts of the book had previously been shared online, inviting people to comment. The thank yous acknowledge in print the usernames of those commenters. A reminder we are in a new era of publishing.
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