Paradise Almanac

Suburban Streets, Suburban Screenings

Two Films, the Same Dirty Job

Jan 16 • Matthew Spencer

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First Flight

On the early aeronautical history of America, on supposedly "walkable cities" and their driving culture, and the first book I read in 2026

Jan 9 • Matthew Spencer

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2025 in Rear View

More grist for the content mill

Jan 1 • Matthew Spencer

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December 2025

Ulysses in the Alps, Ulysses in Seattle

On bickering about a book on the site of a mass shooting

Dec 24, 2025 • Matthew Spencer

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New Translation Out: The Parson in Jubilee by Jean Paul

Concerning snail staircases and the bantering style

Dec 10, 2025 • Matthew Spencer

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November 2025

For N.

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

Nov 26, 2025 • Matthew Spencer

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Centillions Ensouled

More on Lafcadio Hearn and late November vegetation

Nov 20, 2025 • Matthew Spencer

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On Calenders

Sculpting time with pictures of cute animals

Nov 14, 2025 • Matthew Spencer

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October 2025

Self-Officiation

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

Oct 31, 2025 • Matthew Spencer

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New Pamphlet Out: Some Essays by Heinrich von Kleist

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

Oct 24, 2025 • Matthew Spencer

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Paradise Digest (Early Mid-October)

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

Oct 11, 2025 • Matthew Spencer

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On the Marionette Theater by Heinrich von Kleist

A translation from the Berliner Abendblätter

Oct 1, 2025 • Matthew Spencer

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