I’m trying to get started on the Bradbury Challenge, where you read a poem, an essay, and a short story every day. Right now the biggest challenge is just finding engaging texts, especially when it comes to poetry. I find myself just going back to “the classics” like Shakesspeare, Robert Frost, C. S. Lewis and so on. I’d like to broaden my horizons.
Liu Cixin is my favorite SiFi author, Chinese or otherwise, and he has a collection of Short stories called “The Wandering Earth” that I would highly recommend!
Jorge Luis Borges.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, personal favorite
I like the Phillip K Dick stories that I’ve read. I should grab a collection myself.
The Cyberiad, by Stanislaw Lem. Haven’t read it since I was a kid, but remember it was awesome.
Arundhati Roy has a couple of books of essays
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I enjoyed ‘the rattle bag’ as a poetry collection. There’s also ‘the poetry pharmacy’, which I thought was a nice concept.
I like the poems of Eugen Roth, but I don’t know if there are any good English translations. For short stories I can recommend Umberto Eco. “How To Travel With A Salmon: and Other Essays” is my favorite.
Mariana Enríquez writes really great short stories. La Casa de Adela in particular is stunning.
Yes Fernando Pessoa from Portugal 🇵🇹
Books of Blood, Vol 2 - Clive Barker
Twilight of the Idols - Nietzsche
