I read (or, rather, listened to) this novel because of a conversation between Offill and David Naimon, the host of the “Between the Covers” podcast. You can listen to it here: https://tinhouse.com/podcast/jenny-offill-weather/ This is a story of family where the central character, Lizzie Benson, in the course of living life (as a daughter of a
Author: Teri Rife
Walter Mosley’s blurb about this book, which was published in 2019 but feels like it was written last week: “John Freeman has created a work of both artistry and activism…a lexicon of what should matter from A to Z–a complex and nuanced rebirthing of words that have been worn away by the strife and noise
My goal was to finish the 30 CDs of this audiobook (757 printed pages) by its July 7 due date at the library, and I did it. Listened to every word, quite a few of them while I was keeping an eye on the Decorah Eagle Cam. Court intrigue / Pecking order. This book is
Just saying hello & saying thanks, once again, to Borkali for making a place for us to read together. I am here at home and will be here in this home, reading and generally living on the internet. Our public library system has just begun to allow reserved materials to be picked up at certain
I read this book because Cindy Ingram, who operates as The Art Class Curator, has set up a discussion of it on Zoom. Cindy was invited to speak to our museum docent group a couple of years ago about how to engage students with works of art. I have followed her ever since. Even if
I just finished this: my first borrowed ebook from the public library, with many thanks to the library employee who called me on the telephone and cut through a bewildering number of options to click, click, click my way to success. (Oh, no, clicking on “Let’s Get Started” was not a good idea.) Sarah Ruhl,
These are the “bagels” my spousal unit made from Daniela’s recipe. Hmm…not ready for prime time, but at least they aren’t rock-hard so…progress. (That white stuff in the middle of one of them, I’m told, is egg white. Kinda got carried away with the wash.) They don’t taste bad & won’t go to waste. Thanks,
I am receiving emails from the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) now, a lovely consequence of participation in the communal haiku project JNaz wrote about here a while back. They are holding online limited-time events which I have enjoyed watching. I’ve been sorry that I didn’t alert you to the new documentary film they
MoMA hosted a live interview and Q&A with Neri Oxman on YouTube because the related exhibition is unavailable, of course. It did a number on my brain, so I wanted to share it so you can have that experience, too, if you have an hour. I probably should have looked at what I could find
I have been very slowly working my way through this novel for months. I was reading it during our Winter Reading Session, and now have finally finished its 560 pages. That’s longish, but it shouldn’t have taken this long to read it. (The Weight of Ink is such an excellent title, isn’t it?) This book
Seasonal Reading 