HOW TO READ MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE, OR SEEM LIKE YOU DO. In ‘The New Yorker’:

https://apple.news/AAOnZhGl8QiCkc_22W1_Y4g

 

Where to start with: James Joyce

Always wanted to tackle the great Irish writer but not sure ‘Ulysses’ is for you? This handy primer may just help you find a way in. From the ‘Guardian’:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/18/where-to-start-with-james-joyce?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

Ilan Stavans on One of Democracy’s Bedrock Institutions

https://lithub.com/american-literature-is-a-history-of-the-nations-libraries/

 

‘Books by women still get treated differently from those by men’

After her controversial novel about motherhood, the Canadian author Sheila Heti has turned the spotlight on her father. She talks about grief, honesty – and her decision not to have children. In the ‘Guardian’:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/12/sheila-heti-books-by-women-still-get-treated-differently-from-those-by-men?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

LAUREN GROFF ON CALIFORNIA AND FAIRY TALES

The author discusses “Annunciation,” her story from the latest issue of the ‘New Yorker’.

https://apple.news/A4ruyCWs4RUqEdvMz_TyaKA

 

9 Writers Share Their Book Recommendations for Black History Month. This was in ‘Vogue’: 

https://apple.news/ALQqVQoUTRzKogaUQ-5Yckw

 

EVERYONE LOVES A SNOW DAY but we had a few of them recently. Snow and cold. And I didn’t enjoy being stuck inside after being mostly stuck inside during the pandemic. So I almost went out with my sign in the light rain today. Only almost. Even drizzle could ruin the sign. Tomorrow might be raining again. I hate to miss a day with the sign. It gets me up and going in the morning. I set my alarm for 5:30. I drink a big glass of hot water first thing because I read some Asian guy who said to. It cleans out toxins he says. I meditate then go to the lobby and get the Times that’s there in a stack for me. Not many people get one. A dozen maybe 15 in a 20-story building. I spend a little more than an hour with the paper before I have to get ready to go get a subway downtown. Less than a 10-minute ride. I see people downtown who walk by the sign and me everyday. Some smile through their mask and nod in agreement. Some look right past/through me every day. I believe the sign’s message and even the ones who seem to ignore it must too. Some cars beep and give a thumbs up.