good morning ! The hoddle is light on links today as your hoddler-in-chief is travelling. Do enjoy the day-old links, though
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We’re almost one week through international break, and your hoddler-in-chief is going back to one of his favourite hoddles to kill the time.
That’s right, gang, it’s time to catch everyone up on what you’re currently reading.
As for fitzie, he’s now fully focused on Pessoa: A Biography, by Richard Zenith. I began this book in January and I am proud to report that, today, I am a little over 300 pages into it out of 900.
It’s actually getting really interesting now too. Learning about Pessoa’s childhood was a little bit boring, especially with his extended family, but now we’re seeing him make these grand claims as a still-undiscovered writer establishing a failed printing press.
It makes me want to go back and reread The Book of Disquiet at points, but I’m not quite there yet. I think I want to finish this biogrpahy and then go back through Disquiet, although it is mentioned numerous times. We’re even introduced to the heteronym who wrote it – exciting!
Once I’m done with this, I think I’ll go explore the French Romantics. I keep seeing them referenced in books and music, but never bothered to read them myself. Maybe now’s the time.
I’m sure there are hoddlers out there champing at the bit for book recommendations – so feel free to share away.
Fitzie’s track of the day: You Go To My Head, by Lee Morgan
And now for your links:
The Athletic ($$): US Soccer lays off to 30 staff
ESPN wonders how long Jurgen Klopp will have an executive roll at Red Bull for
