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The Swimming Pool Library

essay by Naomi Skwarna

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The city of Toronto hosts a constellation of fifty-eight outdoor pools—fifty-seven currently swimmable (English)
16 March 2021
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When I quit my full-time job in July, I decided to resituate myself by swimming in as many outdoor public pools as I could physically take. (English)
16 March 2021
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This summer, I assigned myself the task of swimming home, moving through the neighborhoods... (English)
16 March 2021
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1 March 2021
When I quit my full-time job in July, I decided to resituate myself by swimming in as many outdoor public pools as I could physically take. The city of Toronto hosts a constellation of fifty-eight outdoor pools... (English)
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1 March 2021
Sunnyside Gus Ryder is one of the oldest pools in the city, featuring a stucco pavilion with an incontestable Mamma Mia! vibe. (English)
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1 March 2021
I walk to the Alex Duff Memorial Pool—ten minutes from my house and the most crowded pool yet. (English)
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In her book Swimming Studies, the writer and artist Leanne Shapton tells the quiet story of her early life as a near-Olympian swimmer. (English)
16 March 2021
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The soft, divided idyll reminds me of Tom Perrotta’s novel Little Children (English)
16 March 2021
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David Hockney painted A Bigger Splash, which pins the moment after a dive against a still pastel background (English)
16 March 2021
 
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