To Beauvior’s surprise, Fanon proved to have a personal horror of violence. Although he justified the use of violence both on the public platform and in print, he was obviously deeply distressed when he spoke of the violence inflicted by the Belgians in the Congo and the Portuguese in Angola. More surprisingly, he displayed the same emotion when he spoke of the ‘counter-violence’ of the colonized and of the settling of scores that had taken place within the FLN: he could not forgive himself for Abane Ramdane’s death and hinted that he was in some sense responsible for it. He thought, however, that hisi personal dislike of violence was a failing that reflected his position as ‘an intellectual.’

—David Macey, Frantz Fanon, 461.

Up at 7. Read Sharp, Listened to half of Dylan Hicks, Accidental Birds.
Breakfast/coffee.
Finished A Man Vanishes. Closed a lot of tabs, read various items. Ordered a few books and records I had in shopping carts. Cleared the decks basically for the end of the month, except for a couple of bandcamp items.
What I really did today though, was finish the Sharp novel and the last 50 or so pages of the Fanon bio. Also a story by Lalla Romana from the Italian anthology. (Finished the Dierdre Kovac book last night.)
Tried to go out at one point, but it’s still cold and rainy: June Gloom, as they say.
Played a little piano and guitar in the evening - can sorta play “Wolves, Lower” now.
Short walk outside. Went to bed not long after 10, read a few pages of Natalia Ginzburg on tablet.