We updated the post calvin’s website this week, which, predictably, renewed my appreciation for books and filled me with something like sehnsucht. Most things do.
Sehnsucht (German): Thoughts and feelings about unfinished or imperfect parts life, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences. Referred to as “life’s longings,” or a search for happiness while coping with the reality of unattainable wishes. Sehnsucht tends to be accompanied by both positive and negative feelings and is often described as an ambiguous emotional occurrence.
We gave the website a new font (Caslon, the same as in the anthology) and equipped it with a new hierarchy of font sizes, a slightly more striking homepage, and better formatting on the resources and archives and about pages. We added more mobile-specific functionality, too. You can open this page on a computer and a phone and play spot-the-differences: three related posts instead of four, a sidebar instead of a long footer, an extra photo in that blue-background section about the book.