have just finished reading half the sky by nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn and i cannot cannot recommend it enough. i first heard about the book while reading this fantastic article in the ny times magazine last summer, and while the article definitely gets the point across successfully the book is still absolutely worth a [...]
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the best way to fight poverty and extremism is to educate and empower women and girls
Posted in books, no but seriously, tagged books, camfed, engenderhealth, feminism, global fund for women, global giving, half the sky, kiva, microfinance, nicholas d kristof, novo foundation, sheryl wudunn, the new york times on June 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
summer reading
Posted in books, tagged books, don delillo, extremely loud and incredibly close, infinite jest, jonathan safran foer, literature, post modern literature, white noise on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
on a recent train ride i read extremely loud and incredibly close by jonathan safran foer and white noise by don delillo. i cracked open extremely loud and incredibly close around 10am and was finished around 5pm. the, loveliest book, ever. it’s narrated by a little boy whose dad died in 911, and it’s about a quest he goes [...]
too twee for their own good
Posted in books, tagged dave eggers, david foster wallace, philip roth, portnoy's complaint, the new york times on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(by paula scher at nytimes.com) follow the link for a lovely essay on the evolution of narcissistic, aggressive, sexual masculinity in great male authors’ prose. [ stefanie ]
Not Too Late to Seek a Newer World, or, the Night I Made My Own Wall Art
Posted in art, books, creativity, things to do, tagged alfred lord tennyson, diy art, inspiration, lapham's quarterly, photography, Poetry on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So this one time I moved to a city across the pond whose name stateside is more commonly associated with school lunches and motorized over-sized wieners. There I made use of a camera obtained via an amazon.com fluke that turned $895 into $89.50 (friendly advice: should this happen to you, order immediately, select overnight shipping). [...]
He is Very Happy
Posted in art, books, tagged Al Pesso, Children's Books, Ferdinand the Bull, Kindle, Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson on February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m not quite sure how I managed to endure my entire childhood without knowing of Ferdinand’s existence. Now that I know the glory of The Story of Ferdinand, imagined by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson, I understand it’s importance. Due to the sheer gravity of this children’s story, I have taken steps to [...]
hip hip hooray
Posted in books, no but seriously, photography, tagged a supposedly fun thing i'll never do again, adbusters, backpacking, david foster wallace, don delillo, e unibus pluram: television and u.s. fiction, infinite jest, irony, lewis hyde, television, white noise on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
i continue to make my way through the aforementioned a supposedly fun thing i’ll never do again by david foster wallace, deterred only momentarily by a four-day backpacking trip where daylight was spent hiking up mountains not reading books. now i am back in civilization, and back to ravenously eating up every word davey f [...]
festo’s book club
Posted in books, tagged charles bukowski, chuck palahniuk, dave eggers, david foster wallace, jack kerouac, jorge luis borges, michael pollan, milan kundera, ram dass, tom wolfe on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
these are some books we’ve read in the past year or so that have made an impression on us. all titles on the list guarantee many hours of delectable literary enjoyment. some of them are lifeeee chaaaanging. oprah shmoprah; here are our recommendations. a supposedly fun thing i’ll never do again by david foster wallace [...]
figbash threw an antimacassar over skrump
Posted in art, books, tagged clifford ross, cranium, edward gorey, fashion week, hannuka, illustration, karen wilkin, latkes, mittens, stockholm, the doubtful guest on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
the highlights of hannuka were as follows: more latkes than i could ever hope to stomach a pair of mittens made out of alpaca (they are so warm) cranium WOW (the pieces come with interchangeable hats!) the world of edward gorey, by clifford ross and karen wilkin gorey is an artist (and sometimes costume designer) [...]
chillin’ like robert allen zimmerman
Posted in books, music, tagged bob dylan, chronicles on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
am currently reading chronicles, by mr. bobby dylan, for the second time. am really pleased with myself for recognizing said book as a book that is worth reading (at least) twice. am not surprised i didn’t retain anything the first time i read it, sitting on an airplane next to a smelly coughing man (a [...]
