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1:30 AM

Q: Looking for a short poem which is a parodic pastiche of Shakespeare plots (possibly published in the New Yorker)

A few years ago, in a poetry podcast, the guest read out a poem which was a parodic pastiche of Shakespeare plots. It wasn't based on any specific Shakespeare plot, but it was meant to seem like a Shakespearean comedy's plot. (I don't think it was trying to sound like Shakespeare's poetry; it was...

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Tsundoku

8:57 AM

I know that data visualisation isn't very relevant to literature, but I couldn't resist.

Mithical

Saw that on Twitter, saw the beginning of that message in the sidebar of another room and just knew exactly what the link would be...

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Bookworm

2:36 PM

Q: Looking for a Hindi short story - where a painter makes a painting of his dying son

I read a Hindi short stories book around at least 8-10 years ago. One of the stories I still remember (some of it), as I found it very strange/disturbing. I remember some of it, but want to read the complete story as it was written, again. The story was something like there was a famous painter i...