The Composted Books Review
T. Benjamin WhiteA high school English teacher of 10 years (now a gardener) writes about books. The literary newsletter formerly known as "The Curriculum."
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 33 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 11 hours ago |
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Read these 5 Books to Understand a Blue Texas
NOTE: I don’t typically write quick, news-reaction posts, nor do I like to structure my posts around lists. But given how often my writing is preoccupied with Texas politics, I thought I’d make an exception this week. I’ll be back next week...
The One Trick for Writing an Unlikeable Character
Photo of Hiroo Onoda, from the New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/world/asia/hiroo-onoda-imperial-japanese-army-officer-dies-at-91.html
In 1944, Hiroo Onoda was deployed by the Japanese Imperial Army to Lubang Island, then...
The Best Weird Fiction, Nature Writing, Autofiction, Systems Novel, and Conspiracy Thriller You’ll Read All Year
The British cover of The Strangers; much better than the American cover
Some years ago, while drinking my coffee and getting ready to leave for work, I looked out the window and saw an animal, across the street in my neighbor’s yard. It wa...
Winning Friends and Influencing People in Ross Barkan’s COLOSSUS
I’m going to spoil Ross Barkan’s Colossus, because it really is a much more interesting story once you know the twist. See, Colossus tells the story of Teddy Starr, a conservative, evangelical pastor in middle America who lives a double lif...
Life Imitates Art and Art Imitates Life of M
Rachel Cusk’s Life of M has a great elevator pitch: this book is a fictionalized – and likely unauthorized – biography of Natalie Portman. This isn’t exactly a traditional elevator pitch (or, for that matter, an accurate description of the...
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Writer based in Portland, OR. Part of the Texas diaspora. Author of LAND OF DROUGHT AND FLOOD, out August 2026 with Falling Marbles Press. Also on Bluesky @tbenjaminwhite
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