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The Acid House
Among my frequent walks through the city center, I found a book by the writer of Trainspotting. Perhaps what attracts me is the idea that he was the writer of a film that…
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The Burnout Society – Terms and Conditions
Welcome to the 21st century. The century located in the best moment of history. The moment to do great things, to change the world, to always be the best. The century where limits…
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Fight Club – Resting in Disobedience
I don’t look up. I look down, ahead, at the book and the screen. It’s night. August. In the sky the immense moon emerges as if from a shell of clouds: an immense…
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The Butterfly Effect – Coming Back to You
I’ve thought about how confusing happiness seems, where every cause contains an effect we often cannot anticipate, and over which we fumble blindly searching for those uncertain glimpses of what appears to be…
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Dead Poets Society – Carpe Diem
Carpe diem, they said. Seize the day, they said. And a boy killed himself because an irresponsible teacher sold him impossible dreams without giving him the tools to face reality. But we keep…
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What I Told You While You Pretended to Sleep
I spoke to you while you pretended to sleep because the rawest truths need darkness to emerge. I told you that your cardboard empowerment crumbles every time you open your legs seeking validation,…
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A ‘Requiem for a Dream’ of What Could Have Been
This isn’t happening. And if it is happening, everything is fine. So don’t worry, it will all work out, you’ll see. Everything will be fixed. Just turn on the television. See? You’re not…
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An Encounter with Bukowski’s Women: Love, Sex, and Solitude Behind the Myth
Early in my career, a peculiar and controversial book fell into my hands: Women by Charles Bukowski. I still keep it with caution—as one keeps an uncomfortable but true secret. The story is told by…
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The Martian Chronicles
I Didn’t Read Bradbury Until Shame Pushed Me To Normally, we report in this section on books we’ve already experienced and reread with frankness and heart, with the same desire to keep reading…
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Strange Christmases Inspired by ‘Edward Scissorhands’
As in the best films, Christmas installs its decorations in our memory long before the cold arrives. It is a spell made of memories, where the air fills with snow and magic can…
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