I've been wanting to reread Middlemarch by George Eliot since I read The Marriage Question back in February, and the month of my birthday seemed like a great time to revisit this book for grown-up people. I believe it is my third read of this 785-page saga, so I suppose it's not surprising that I'd… Continue reading Reading Roundup: May 2024
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Reading roundup: April 2024
Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston by Ernest Callenbach. This short book, published in 1975, imagines a future world in which the Pacific Northwest and northern California have seceded from the United States. It is written in the form of a journalist's reported articles and private notes as he visits the relatively new country,… Continue reading Reading roundup: April 2024
Climate roundup: Spring forward
Every day is Earth Day. Now let's dive in. Climate Justice More of this, please:Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for climate tax on billionaires (HEATED, April 24, 2024)Behind the billionaire climate tax (HEATED, April 25, 2024) The BBC, Guyana, and Untangling North-South Climate Complexities (Drilled, March 31, 2024) I always appreciate the analysis at Drilled, but… Continue reading Climate roundup: Spring forward
Reading Roundup: March 2024
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer. This book is constructed of short, thoughtful essays that each look at a handful of "art monsters" from film, music, and literature, connecting them to a few different themes: what it means to love art made by terrible men, why we grapple with the biographies of artists and… Continue reading Reading Roundup: March 2024
Climate roundup: The dregs of winter
First of all: ceasefire now. The first and most salient reason for ceasefire is that the occupation of Palestine is a gross human rights violation. But yes, it is a environmental violation as well, and that is something worth witnessing and recording because environmental injustice is also a story of human injustice. This round-up provides… Continue reading Climate roundup: The dregs of winter
Reading Roundup: February 2024
How I Won a Nobel Prize by Julius Taranto. I inhaled this book, which was darkly satirical and so much fun to read. It centers on the Rubin Institute, a neoliberal fever dream of a university where disgraced public figures are exiled after being fired for saying or doing something unforgivable in the public eye.… Continue reading Reading Roundup: February 2024
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