Bibliopunk

Self-help

quote miners
processing enlightenment

something for everyone
Cal Newport for the button-ups
Rick Rubin for the bearded

48 Laws of How to be a Boy General
for generations of the insecure

what's the difference between this and Montaigne?
what's the difference between me reading Seneca and Ryan Holiday reading Seneca?

count me as one in the congregation
count me
count me

count me in worship at the church of Pokimane
led by Valkyrae

poets once knew their birds but I
I know the dietary restrictions of my favorite pornstar

I'm a dirty pagan

a critic of
the art and the craft of the POV gram
dear Corinna, you're a genius

this is how:
How to Be a Writer
How to Earn Passive Income
How to Learn to Code with Only One Hour a Day
How to Steal Like an Artist
How to Be a Hack

I need prepackaged wisdom

a poly religion

I need a tier list
a top ten of top tens

Top Ten Most Hated People
Top Ten Ways to Kill Yourself
Top Ten Places to Plant a Bomb
Top Ten Methods of Mass Destruction

no —
there is too much joy in despair
too much easy comfort

I still believe the true reckoning begins and ends at recognition