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"textContent": "I took a break from Bertolt Brecht and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa for most of the week and read more Adrienne Rich and Ernest Hemingway, with an essay by Ursula K. Le Guin and a story China Mieville.\n\n## Nov. 30 to Dec. 6\n\nSunday:\n\n * Poem: Adrienne Rich, “In the North” (1963)\n * Essay: John Berger, “I would softly tell my love” (2002)\n * Story: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, “The Writer’s Craft” (1924)\n\n\n\nMonday:\n\n * Poem: Adrienne Rich, “Sisters” (1963)\n * Essay: John Berger, “Studio Talk (for Miquel Barceló)” (1998)\n * Story: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, “The Baby’s Sickness” (1923)\n\n\n\nTuesday:\n\n * Poem: Adrienne Rich, “Peeling Onions” (1963)\n * Essay: John Berger, “The Chauvet Cave” (1996)\n * Story: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, “Death Register” (1926)\n\n\n\nWednesday:\n\n * Poem: Adrienne Rich, “Apology” (1963)\n * Essay: John Berger, “Penelope” (1997)\n * Story: Ernest Hemingway, “Ten Indians” (1927)\n\n\n\nThursday:\n\n * Poem: Adrienne Rich, “Peace” (1963)\n * Essay: John Berger, “The Fayum Portraits” (1998)\n * Story: Ernest Hemingway, “The Indians Moved Away” (1920s?)\n\n\n\nFriday:\n\n * Poem: Bertolt Brecht, “Liturgie vom Hauch” (1924)\n * Essay: John Berger, “Degas” (1993)\n * Story: Ernest Hemingway, “The Light of the World” (1932)\n\n\n\nSaturday:\n\n * Poem: Bertolt Brecht, “Legende vom toten Soldaten” (1927)\n * Essay: Ursula K. Le Guin, “Information, Theft, and Confusion” (2010)\n * Story: China Mieville, “Three Moments of an Explosion” (2015)\n\n",
"title": "Reading Log, Week 3",
"updatedAt": "2025-12-07T00:00:00.000Z"
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