Tiago Miranda Paulo

Mostly talking about books. In English and Portuguese

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

What I read in May

[Alex F 🇵🇸 @alexcfields]

what I read in May

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

@Nessfterdark So from the front……

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

The Mill of the Floss, by George Eliot. Never had I read an author that had so much love for their characters. I cried like a baby.

[Paul Krause @paul_jkrause]

First time reading experiences are an unforgettable reality. What book was this true for you? For me, one was Crime and Punishment.

[Ryk @kharkanas]

William H. Gass -- the psychopathology of the speed reader

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

Utilizador do Twitter não entende o conceito de sentir simplesmente prazer e comunicá-lo sem eloquência

[Dr. João Peculiar @sugamosto1]

@sweetsauerkr4ut Não consegue dizer rigorosamente nada sobre enredo/personagens/técnica

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

@guifarranja O Saramago elogiou o livro…

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

Este vencedor do Prémio José Saramago foi, sem hipérbole, um dos piores livros que já li na vida

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

The reading of Camões can make you a fascist or a socialist

[shain 📚 @shainreads]

Don't kill me but I kinda agree with this. Especially when people say reading 'builds empathy.' As you'll find a lot of well-read people who are actually quite cruel! What you gain from reading is that 'next step' of integrating what you've read. Nothing is inherent or passive.

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

@enniottefire Reactionary?

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For me, this poem has been a curious instrument for measuring change over the years. The first time I read it, circa 2011, I understood Hector, but not Achilles. 7 years later, I understood Achilles, but not Hector. This time around, I embraced both.
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[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

These are some of my favourite verses:
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[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

No one will admit to it, but, artistically speaking, the reason why most people are against the use of AI in art comes down simply to conservatism.

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

That silly “show, don’t tell” rule is one of the worst things to happen to literature

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From Robert Fagles’ Iliad

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A ciência que trata o cancro é a mesma que construiu as câmaras de gás em Auschwitz. A ciência não é eticamente neutra.

[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

Slow down. Read and reread. Curiosity and humbleness are key to genuine growth and sustainable pleasure. A ‘classic’ is a friend, and a rewarding conversation with its author will be there waiting, opening a window to a different reality, if only you will listen.

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[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

This is my number one tip for getting into ‘classics’:

Let’s take a beloved work as an example, Virgil’s Aeneid. It’s a fact that people have been enjoying it for the past 2000 years (and very likely not faking it). The first step, and most important, is to be ✨curious✨

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[Tiago Miranda Paulo @TiagosRight]

Read slowly, think carefully of what the words mean, and search for “the good thing”, the thing so many others have found. If it seems too difficult or boring, don’t rush it nor immediately write it off as “bad”. Always consider: “there might be something I’m not seeing”.

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