Misreading Ulysses

a lecture by Sally Rooney 

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/12/07/misreading-ulysses/

THIS IS ‘cityReader’ #65. The main essay I’ve run before. There are new people in the Dept of Ed. They haven’t read this where I explain why I stand there with the sign.

 

KEN BURNS on his new best-selling book ‘OUR AMERICA’. KEN BURNS walks by the sign and me many mornings on his way further downtown. Goes out of his way to say hi. Stops and talks for a minute. I don’t think I’ve ever noticed one person recognize him. This is a good discussion with Walter Isaacson.

https://youtu.be/g_NsogOMWz8

 

How a Local Bookstore Can Make Your Town Richer—In More Than One Way

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/1/8/local-bookstores

 

Why Celeste Ng calls her new novel, ‘Our Missing Hearts,’ ‘scarily real’.

https://apple.news/ArzyxeDYeRtyw7OtY-qDhYg

 

This Is Your Brain on ‘Deep Reading.’ It’s Pretty Magnificent

The literacy scholar Maryanne Wolf maps out the ways “deep reading” nourishes our capacity for attention, empathy and insight.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-maryanne-wolf.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

The Climate Book, created by Greta Thunberg review – an angry call for action

The environmental activist curates a supergroup of climate experts in a valuable set of essays, which at times risk overwhelming the reader

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/15/the-climate-book-created-by-greta-thunberg-review-an-angry-call-for-action