# slow read (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover slow read. Page: Feed: --- ## [Conrad, Heart of Darkness #9: "The horror! The horror!"](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/conrad-heart-of-darkness-9-the-horror) _2026-08-17 · Burning Archive_ Slow Read of Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Week Nine ## [The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. It Will Not Ever Happen, Again.](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised) _2026-08-15 · Jeff Rich · Burning Archive_ Reflections on revolution as the political dream to escape modernity ## [Conrad, Heart of Darkness #8: "his intelligence was perfectly clear . . . But his soul was mad."](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/conrad-heart-of-darkness-8-his-intelligence) _2026-08-10 · Burning Archive_ Slow Read of Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Week Eight ## [Migration Panic at Ceuta, Civilizational Identities, and European Peasants' Wars](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/migration-panic-at-ceuta-civilizational) _2026-08-08 · Jeff Rich · Burning Archive_ From 30 July 2026, migration panic spread from one of the Pillars of Hercules across four continents in response to 70,000 irregular border entries from Morocco to the Spanish African territorial enclave of Ceuta. ## [An introduction to Paradise Lost, Book 8](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-paradise-lost-93e) _2026-08-07 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ For man to tell how human life began is hard; for who himself beginning knew? ## [Conrad, Heart of Darkness #7: "an animated image of death carved out of old ivory"](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/conrad-heart-of-darkness-7-an-animated) _2026-08-03 · Burning Archive_ Slow Read of Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Week Seven ## [Reflections on Civilizational Thinking and World History Book Club on Soviet Civilization](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/reflections-on-civilizational-thinking) _2026-08-01 · Jeff Rich · Burning Archive_ + introduction to the August Book of the Month, Roper, Summer of Fire and Blood ## [Paradise Lost Book 7 Reading Notes](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/paradise-lost-book-7-reading-notes) _2026-07-31 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ But knowledge is as food, and needs no less her temperance over appetite... ## [Michel Foucault: Historians Who Made Me](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/foucault-marx-history) _2026-07-29 · Jeff Rich · Burning Archive_ Or Why I Never Was and Never Will Be a Marxist ## [Conrad, Heart of Darkness #6: "The man presented himself as a voice."](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/conrad-heart-of-darkness-6-the-man) _2026-07-27 · Jeff Rich · Burning Archive_ Slow Read of Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Week Six ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GMQF8kv7bbEy) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [World War Three Isn't Coming — The Armed Peace Never Ended](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/world-war-three-isnt-coming-the-armed) _2026-07-25 · Jeff Rich · Burning Archive_ Monthly Long Read: Decolonisation, Wars and the Violent Orders of Empires ## [Creation and birth in Paradise Lost](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/creation-and-birth-in-paradise-lost) _2026-07-24 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ This wild abyss, the womb of nature and perhaps her grave... ## [Slow Read of Conrad, Heart of Darkness](https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/slow-read-of-conrad-heart-of-darkness) _2026-07-20 · Jeff Rich · Burning Archive_ Catch-Up Week especially for new subscribers ## [An introduction to Paradise Lost, Book 7](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-paradise-lost-589) _2026-07-03 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Half yet remains unsung… ## [What I'm reading when I'm not reading Paradise Lost](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/what-im-reading-when-im-not-reading) _2026-07-01 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Six months into the Paradise Lost slow read, here are all the other books that have been keeping me company this year. ## [Paradise Lost Book 6 Reading Notes](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/paradise-lost-book-6-reading-notes) _2026-06-26 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Let it profit thee to have heard by terrible example the reward of disobedience... ## [Reading Milton's Civil Wars](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/reading-miltons-civil-wars) _2026-06-19 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ War wearied hath performed what war can do, and to disordered rage let loose the reigns… ## [Call for Papers: the Online Journal of Paradise Lost Slow Readers](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/call-for-papers-the-online-journal) _2026-06-12 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ I thence invoke thy aid to my advent'rous Substack... ## [An introduction to Paradise Lost, Book 6](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-paradise-lost-809) _2026-06-05 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Now storming fury rose, and clamor such as heard in Heav'n till now was never... ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5D3Q1VvyLMkb) _2026-06-05 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [Paradise Lost Book 5 Reading Notes](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/paradise-lost-book-5-reading-notes) _2026-05-29 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Some doubt within me move, but more desire to hear, if thou consent, the full relation, which must needs be strange…