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literature, archives, material texts, culture, with varying degrees of first personness
Dec 13, 2020 • 
Adam Smyth
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How to learn
I was going to say that 2025 has so far been a year of highs and lows, but it’s probably more accurate (because things don’t separate out into simply…
Sep 5 • 
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August reading
In August, I’ve been mainly reading.
Aug 31 • 
Adam Smyth
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5 August 2025
The taxi arrives ten minutes late at 5.40am.
Aug 14 • 
Adam Smyth
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What I was doing at 5.35pm every day from 5th January to 18th July 2025
Sunday 5 Jan
Jul 19 • 
Adam Smyth
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Please select ...
My favourite textual form may well be the list of hyper-specific categories organised alphabetically.
Jun 17 • 
Adam Smyth
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Novel!
With my friend Chloë Houston, I’ve written a novel and it’s about to be published.
May 17 • 
Adam Smyth
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5.35pm (continued)
I like Philippe Lejeune on the tricky task of defining the diary: ‘a series of dated traces [série de traces datées] … Discontinuous.
Apr 21 • 
Adam Smyth
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TEXT!
literature, archives, material texts, culture, with varying degrees of 1st personness
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