Paradise Almanac

For N.

The generations are erased, one after another, like chalk from a blackboard.

Nov 26 • 

Matthew Spencer

13

2

2

Centillions Ensouled

More on Lafcadio Hearn and late November vegetation

Nov 20 • 

Matthew Spencer

3

1

1

On Calenders

Sculpting time with pictures of cute animals

Nov 14 • 

Matthew Spencer

12

5

4

October 2025

Self-Officiation

On getting married in a very Pennsylvanian way in a very Pennsylvanian town

Oct 31 • 

Matthew Spencer

9

2

3

New Pamphlet Out: Some Essays by Heinrich von Kleist

Some thoughts about hand-making (and hand-promoting) a very small book

Oct 24 • 

Matthew Spencer

13

2

3

Paradise Digest (Early Mid-October)

What I've been reading and listening to, what I've been ingesting these past few weeks.

Oct 11 • 

Matthew Spencer

4

3

On the Marionette Theater by Heinrich von Kleist

A translation from the Berliner Abendblätter

Oct 1 • 

Matthew Spencer

19

7

September 2025

Why Publish a Bad Translation?

Because it's better than having no translation at all

Sep 23 • 

Matthew Spencer

18

13

7

How can you read a haiku?

On the difficulties of typesetting small poetic forms from other languages

Sep 13 • 

Matthew Spencer

15

4

Coming Soon: One More Round on the LLM Treadmill

A short dispatch in place of a longer report.

Sep 5 • 

Matthew Spencer

3

August 2025

Scourged and Sweet

On the baroque symbolism of native wildflowers

Aug 29 • 

Matthew Spencer

6

2

The Beautiful Dinkus

Some undisciplined thoughts about personal health, Lafcadio Hearn, and obscure typographical marks

Aug 22 • 

Matthew Spencer

7

2