Saturday, April 04, 2020

NATIVES AND EXOTICS

Anyone who has googled their own name knows the curious thrill of watching the page populate with alternate richer identities ...
Habitually Chic (not Czech) Luxury  

 Yiyun Li said: "I have found that the more uncertain life is, the more solidity and structure Tolstoy’s novels provide. In these times, one does want to read an author who is so deeply moved by the world that he could appear unmoved in his writing"

American Horticultural Society – “Want to tour a botanic garden or arboretum in your neck of the woods or across the country without setting foot out of your home? Now you can, thanks to the virtual tours developed by many of our 330+ Reciprocal Admissions Program gardens..”



“It was 1822. All over the globe civilization was advancing; things were being transformed, unearthed, transplanted….Wattle and eucalypts from Australia, jacaranda from the Argentine, and bougainvillea from Brazil. The living world was rearranged.”



“In the trying days of quarantine, you might want to jot down “seek delight” on your to-do list. We have  gathered some potential sources as starting points, with the help of my colleagues at Quartz




Lots of folks are baking bread while sheltering from the pandemic, but not many of them are doing so using 4500-year-old yeast and ancient Egyptians recipes and methods.


  1. Aaron Bn-Ze’ev reviews The Cosmopolitan Tradition, by Martha Nussbaum, at Los Angeles Review of Books.
  2. Stuart Whatley reviews The Cosompolitan Tradition, by Martha Nussbaum, at The Hedgehog Review.
  3. Nick Serpe reviews In The Shadow of Justice, by Katrina Forrester, at Dissent Magazine.
  4. John Williams reviews Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life, by John Kaag, at The New York Times Book Review.