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W. PHILLY — Beth, 24, was born and raised in Kentucky, lives in Philadelphia, and works in nonprofit food distribution. She read How Should a Person Be? over the past couple months, mostly while at jury duty and while on a train. I first read it in late 2014, re-listened to it on audiobook over the past week, mostly while biking. Sheila Heti, 40, conducts and edits interviews for the Believer.
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BUSHWICK — Chelsea, 25, was born in Hawaii, grew up in California, and lives, paints, and works in New York City. She first read The Wallcreeper "one or two" years ago. I finished it a week ago. Nell Zink was born in 1964, in California. In 1993, while living in West Philly, she founded a zine called Animal Review, which featured interviews with musicians about their pets. She has been married twice.
W. PHILLY — AXOLOTL, a "type beat" tape in three parts, charts the evolution of the young male axolotl, from larval to adult—though sexually immature—stages. Itscanals and Yamz would like to thank each of the producers: 1. greafer; 2. Kid Ocean; 3. CorMill; 4. Joseph L'Etranger; 5. 6-6-6; 6. DJ Khaled's Son x Caceci's Beats; 7. Caceci's Beats; 8. instupendo; 9. drip-133;10. sadface :(
W. PHILLY — Viva, 25, currently lives in Philly, raps as Yamz, and works at a compost company. He first read On Truth and Untruth this morning. I started reading it last fall, finished it this past winter. Friedrich Nietzsche (d. 1900), the son of Lutheran pastor, was born near Leipzig, Prussia (now Germany). He wrote the titular essays in On Truth and Untruth in 1872–1873, at the age of 28–29.
W. PHILLY — Leah, 25, is a writer and installation artist interested in, amongst other things,aqueducts. She read On Hashish over the past ten days. I began slowly ingesting On Hashish this past winter, following season of work in Northern Californian agriculture. I finished it ten days ago. Walter Benjamin (d. 1940) was born in 1882, in Berlin.
S. PHILLY — Zac, 26, is an art curator living in Philadelphia. He first encountered the My Struggle series a few years back, upon finding Book One on the floor of his then-girlfriend’s apartment. I first encountered the My Struggle series circa 2014 I wanna say. Karl Ove Knausgaard, 48, was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1968. He began writing the series in 2008, six years after the death of his father.
PHILADELPHIA — Aaron, 26, grew up in Redding, Mass., writes free-verse poetry, and organizes labor unions. He first read Steppenwolf ten years ago, as a sophomore in high school. Hermann Hesse (d. 1962) began writing Steppenwolf in 1924, shortly after marrying the singer Ruth Wenger, whom he left weeks later and, upon returning almost a year later, lived in a separate apartment from.
PHILADELPHIA — Viva, 25, grew up in a treehouse in Santa Cruz, Calif., writes raps (as Yamz),travelogues, and aspires to revolutionize urban composting. He first read Food of the Gods circa 2014. Terence McKenna (1946–2000) first encountered psilocybin mushrooms at 25, in the Colombian Amazon, on a trip initially in search of DMT. He died of a rare form of brain cancer.
W. PHILLY — Paul, 27, of Cambridge, Mass., writes literary science fiction, and, until recently, worked as a caretaker in a psychiatric ward. He first encountered The Castle of Crossed Destinies eight years ago. Italo Calvino (1923–1985), was raised in Siena, Italy. He wrote The Castle of Crossed Destinies between 1940 and 1969.
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