Another exceptional conversation with Helena de Groot. Well worth the listen. I especially loved the finish. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/161734/the-utopian-business
Category: Open Arts
Osborne is new to me– I was recommended to read The Forgiven but started with his most recent novel On Java Road instead. It is his newest book — I borrowed it from the library and am better for reading it. Based on Hong Kong, during the heavy protests about independence, this book kept me
Naomi Klein, scholar and prominent climate activist, published a new book, Doppelganger; I highly recommend it. It is the story of her journey into the “mirror world,” a world akin to Jung’s shadow side. It began when she realized that she was being confused online with Naomi Wolf, also an activist—but a climate crisis denier
An amazing recommendation from my neighbor Diane. On the back of an envelope I wrote, So what do you like to read? We have been connected at least 5 years through the library and somehow this question slipped my mind. We’ve been too busy working for the library and literacy council. She got back with
This is another one of those essays that I feel compelled to get in as many hands, eyes, minds as possible. Beautifully articulated, fascinating, hopeful. As I read it I felt, uncommonly, like there may just be a future for our species. Thinking like this can save us! I highly recommend.
I found this link in an Orion newsletter. I found it moving on so many levels. I had to pass it on. The anthem was broadcast November 14, 20231:37 PM ET on All Things Considered. Yo-Yo Ma, Pattie Gonia and Quinn Christopherson made the music video for “Won’t Give Up” at Kenai Fjords National Park.
Teri reviewed this book more than 4 years ago and I have just finished reading it. Teri, thank you. I put this book on my “for later” shelf at the library after reading your original review and I finally, finally listened to it. I am so glad I did. I LOVED this book. Loved every
I know I post from Poetry Off the Shelf a a lot. And I almost always say the same thing about the posting. And yes, this one too is extraordinary. I loved the contemplation of the body as landscape. Loved the question “what has your child taught you.” LOTS of good creative thinking here, lots
Union Theological Seminary in NYC has a long history of working for social justice. A Palestine Festival of Literature event, “But We Must Speak,” couldn’t find a venue in NYC because the event was political, and the voices were at odds with U.S policy. Union gave the group space and was supportive of the event.
Seasonal Reading 