"What a scholar one might be if one knew well only some half a dozen books.”
~ Gustave Flaubert
Current Book:
Starting May 3rd 2026: The Odyssey!
Dear friends,
Welcome to the main page of Slow-Reads at Genius & Ink 🖌. Above you’ll find what we’re reading now (or, our most recent read-along) and below what we have covered so far.
The readers of Genius & Ink believe that reading is a spiritual exercise, it brings us closer to who we are and over the years I wrote several pieces that explain the philosophy and method behind our close reads:
👁️ What We Covered So Far
Dante’s Divine Comedy (100+ Posts)
Over 100+ posts covering each of 100 cantos in detail. It was an extraordinary journey through one of the books that will stay with me till I die. If you would like to know why you should read Dante → read this piece.
Sophocles’ Antigone
Unbelievable play on the power of will and our conscience. Antigone is a masterpiece of literature that I wish I read earlier. There are two posts in total in this read-along, so it’s quite short, but it’s going to change your life. I know this, because it has already changed mine.
Sophocles’ Oedipus the King
This is the second installment of Sophocles’ Three Theban Plays. The first is Antigone, and the second is Oedipus the King. I cannot adequately describe to my reader how important this play is. It reveals the limits of human knowledge and illustrates how often we forget that the source of our problems lies within ourselves.
