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“How much do I grieve the me who never was?” I literally think this question all the time, thanks Annie for pulling it out of my brain and onto the page.

Loved “The Thread Boy”!

Weike Wang is SO good at writing conservative boomer parents

The first story was excellent! So excited to keep going.

“Manifest destiny is a hymn to madness”

"After trauma, you walk around with the sense that you are ghostwritten into your own life. At the same time, you are terrified to stop moving, that someone or something that has been after you will finally catch up."

Big fan of Weike Wang’s brand of comedy!

In case you are wondering nothing has happened 🫠 and I get that it’s the point but can something please happen? Thanks.

Thematically this book is phenomenal, but the actual reading experience is so tedious

Every essay in this is the best essay

Ok I'm enjoying this more now!

My feelings towards this book are a mix of philosophical fascination and tedium

Some great passages but I do not want to hear more about Roman coins 😂

1. I think that having the character stuck in a time loop be an antiquarian book dealer is very cool thematically

2. Who is buying a 200 year old book on the history of drinking water in this economy?

“Most of those who know the story of the rings in the trees are dead now. The iron is still there. Rusty. Deep in the heartwood. Testifying to anyone who cares to listen.”

"Perhaps his life might have veered elsewhere if the US government had opened the country to colored advancement like they opened the army. But it was one thing to allow someone to kill for you and another to let him live next door."