From the Archives, 1954: Russian embassy closes as diplomats recalled
Feynman’s Ode to the Wonder of Life
The Magic of Invisible Mending
A father and daughter at a tailoring workshop in Japan have mastered kaketsugi, the art of invisibly mending clothes — that is, repairing holes and tears in fabric so seamlessly and completely that they appear to never have been damaged in the first place. The before and after photos are incredible…you absolutely cannot tell where the repair was made, even under close inspection
I’M INCLINED TO AGREE WITH THIS: Why People Born 1955–1964 Aren’t Baby Boomers. I had none of the classic Boomer experiences. Didn’t watch Howdy Doody. Wasn’t subject to the draft. Was 6 during the Summer of Love. “Between Woodstock and Lollapalooza, between ‘Turn on, tune in, drop out’ and ‘Just Say No,’ and between Dylan going electric and Nirvana going unplugged, an invisible generation has been silent.”
I was there — literally, at the Newport Folk Festival, with my parents and baby brother — when Dylan went electric. I don’t remember much about it except pizza and ice cream, though. I did like Joan Baez, I think.
What Makes The Difference Between A Dialect And A Language? Depends On Who’s Answering The Question
Lyudmila Ulitskaya Q & A
Among the Russian artists who have left Russia in the past few months is The Big Green Tent-author Lyudmila Ulitskaya, and at Deutsche Welle Sabine Kieselbach now has a Q & A with her, in Russian author Ulitskaya warns of 'terrible' consequences of war.
Among her observations:
100 years ago, many from Russia's cultural elite emigrated. Is history repeating itself ?
For me, it's mainly an interesting situation: in 1922, Russian Berlin was an extremely exciting cultural phenomenon. I recall Viktor Shklovsky's novel Zoo or Letters Not about Love. Today, exactly 100 years later, one could have written a text entitled Zoo 2. It's intriguing.
David Peace Q & A
At The Guardian Anthony Cummins has a Q & A with David Peace: 'Publishers should be less risk-averse'. (Amen to that.)
The only Peace-title under review at the complete reviewis Tokyo Year Zero but I've read several more and am an admirer of his work.
Among his responses:
What have you been reading lately ?Good to hear !
Vladimir Sharov, who won the Russian Booker and passed away in 2018, has been a big revelation for me this past year. His novel Before and During, published by Dedalus and translated by Oliver Ready, is narrative within narrative within narrative; it’s very stimulating in structure, voice, and in how it engages with memory, and Soviet and post-Soviet history. Finding a writer like this is what I live for, to be honest.
Why Do People Lose Interest In Music When They’re Depressed?
Flameout: When Pop Stars’ Careers Suddenly End
How A Movie Is Helping Heal Generational Trauma
Workers at Starbucks Roastery second in Seattle — and on Capitol Hill — to unionize Capitol Hill Seattle Blog. Schultz must be chewing the carpet.
Amazon’s Union Busting Is Subsidized By The Government Lever News
If Wage Growth Is Driving Inflation, Why Is Workers’ Share of Income Falling? Dean Baker, DC Report
Atoms with Consciousness: Yo-Yo Ma Performs Richard Feynman’s Ode to the Wonder of Life, Animated The Marginalian
Endemic Pathogens Are Making You Crazy And Then Killing You: Toxoplasmosis Spotlight hard to write. The author.