Sanmao, what a voice! What a storyteller! What an open heart and mind! English readers are so fortunate that this grand book has, at last, been translated. This book kept coming up in book reviews across a broad spectrum of publications so I suggested it as a purchase at my library. When it came in,
Author: JNaz
Well, how to begin. This book has left me searching for words. It is devastating. It is uplifting. It is exhausting. It is insightful and wise and enlightening. It is terrifying. EROSION is both a deeply personal and a deeply political book. A collection of essays which orbit around the ideas of erosion and evolution;
This book was recommended to me by several people – including Meredith, thank you – and came to me at the right time. It is an easy read, even though it is a difficult subject. Much of it is heartbreaking, all is insightful. Dr. Gawande’s writing is informed, intelligent, conversational, personal. The first 2/3 of
I listened to this book, read by the author, and enjoyed it immensely. I knew I wouldn’t make time for it otherwise so listening was an excellent option. Gates is smart, articulate, and passionate about what she believes. Very open hearted. She shares many stories, both personal and global, that illustrate how true equality improves
I have just finished IF I LIVE TO BE 100. Lent to me by my father, who just celebrated his 90th birthday, it is a quick and enjoyable read. Originally a radio show on NPR, the book was published in 2004. The stories are, for the most part, delightful and fascinating. A warm look at
Received an email with an important post from Barbara some time back. It will not link to the site here, nor is it present here. Don’t know what this is all about but I wanted to responds so… Yes, Lost Words, a gorgeous book. Beautiful to look at, to read, to ponder. I adore Robert
Another wonderful example of that blur, this time between art and the natural world…
I think a lot about the blur between science and art, how these two things that to some may seem exclusive, are anything but. Here, to me, is a beautiful example of that blur.
RED MOON and NEW YORK 2140 Here is what I love about Kim Stanley Robinson – his books are smart, really smart. In both of these books he weaves science, politics, economics, culture, relationships, history, deeply into the stories. Some science fiction is based on imagination, some on research. The knowledge base he shares in
I have just, really just, begun this book and am so knocked out that I am having a difficult time getting through the first chapter, which acts as a sort of introduction. This book is about landscape and language, how each shapes the other. And how this lexical specificity can in turn shape our understanding
