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Everything is Flammable
by Gabrielle Bell
2017
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I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isn't a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions I've had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text. Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
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(Video 471)
Everything is Flammable
by Gabrielle Bell
2017
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I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isn't a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions I've had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text. Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
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(Video 471)






![waffle # 2
We shall see how many keywords I stumbled upon in this video where I opened my big dumb mouth!
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Hopefully my comments about Steve come across as affectionate! Steve Donoghue is THE Booktube treasure – and also an extremely entertaining drama queen!
His techno tribulations with live streams: https://youtu.be/qWtK_pLJiJQ
His triumphant return after depriving us of videos FOR A FULL DAY!!! (I almost had to go on methadone):
https://youtu.be/SP0T4f6X98Y
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March of the Mammoths is a reading challenge hosted by Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse , Lukas @acruelreadersthesis5868 and Alex @bigalbooksforever. Read 800+ page books in the month, as many as you want! Or, like me and Jason, START reading a mammoth and finish later in the year.
Book mentioned:
A Place of Greater Safety
Hilary Mantel
1992
872 pages
I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isnt a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions Ive had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text.
[I might also add that Im trying to disrupt the addictive/damaging feedback loop of positive/negative reinforcement that large social media companies building into their platforms.]
Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
https://youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
(Video 477) waffle # 2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/itZfud6o2g8/mqdefault.jpg)
![What is Your Poetry? Tag
What is Your Poetry? Tag
The original tag by @MattWall
https://youtu.be/POewK6HROYA
@zoe_bee , her 100 Poems Challenge announcement:
https://youtu.be/1-PcZ6mzf70
The Prompts:
1. Do you prefer metaphor or simile?
[Grammerly:
While both similes and metaphors are used to make comparisons, the difference between similes and metaphors comes down to a word. Similes use the words like or as to compare things—“Life is like a box of chocolates.” In contrast, metaphors directly state a comparison—“Love is a battlefield.”]
2. What is the most important element in a poem for you? Form / structure, meaning / feeing, sound / alliteration, assonance, consonance etc. you can’t say all! Lol
3. What is your favorite school / movement in poetry?
4. Since we see the world through a poets eyes, Does a poet have to live an interesting life for you to like their poetry
5. How does geography play into the poets you like, or does it at all?
[Apparently I dont care about geography cause I didnt answer.]
6. Whitman said, “To have great poets, there must be great audiences.”
Bukowski said, “to have great audiences, you need great poets.”
I said, “unless you have great places for these two to meet it doesn’t matter.” what’s your take?
7. Who do you think has advanced poetry the most?
8. Since the rise of the moderns and free form verse over the last 50 years and more currently the rise of instapoetry, what movements of poetry do you think the future holds?
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I tag all the beautiful poets in the world. And all the ugly and unpleasant ones too. I even tag the bastards who dont remember to tag anyone at the end of tag videos.
I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isnt a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions Ive had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text. Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
(Video 496) What is Your Poetry? Tag](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iwQf8Mfqiv4/mqdefault.jpg)


