Scene of destruction at the Factor Druk printing house, after it was hit by a Russian missile in May.

Ukraine's bookstores are thriving, but a top printing plant took a deadly hit

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/18/nx-s1-5041979/russia-ukraine-war-books-publishing-literature-kharkiv

 

FOR TEN YEARS or more, my weekday alarm is set for 6:23. I get moving, meditate like I have for 40-some years, text a Cleveland friend to let him know I’m still alive. C-SPAN at 7:00 on my phone like radio. Make the bed. Exercise briefly with some light weights. Make sure the lights are off and the refrigerator door is closed, and head out. I love the routine. 

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Fierce Elegy by Peter Gizzi; Adam by Gboyega Odubanjo; Bark, Archive, Splinter by Jay Gao; Polkadot Wounds by Anthony Vahni Capildeo; Goodlord by Ella Frears; Skeletons by Deborah Landau

https://apple.news/A1hTTOQnKS4mglqoRqrJ4Sw

 

Beach Reads

We spent a sweltering summer Saturday at Jacob Riis Park to get some bookshelf inspiration

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https://www.thecut.com/article/summer-reading-list-2024-beach-reads-photo-essay.html

 

Garth Risk Hallberg: ‘David Foster Wallace convinced me to change the way I was living’

The American author on how Infinite Jest made him face up to his substance abuse, and the joy of Judy Blume

https://apple.news/AvUJbj1v0Sa-bvDBeJyHq0A

I’M GOING to put this in my bag this morning when I go downtown with the sign. I’m going to read it on the subway again a little each day for the third time.