From the bookshelf: June 2023
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from June 2023.
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An occasional series of posts with links and short descriptions to books and articles of interest.
Legitimacy, once lost, is hard to reclaim
Our extremist Supreme Court is a train wreck fifty years in the making.
The tyranny of binary choice
Think expansively about the type of world we want instead of just bickering over the directions.
The dark underworld of the soul
Come and explore a modern, sexy, complex crime novel by a Norwegian master of the genre.
Family, myth, and identity
A young Native American writer’s powerful push against the feeling of extinction happening in real time.
Becoming receptive to what lies all around us
A sense of wonder leads to something deeper, lasting and significant where we are “never weary of life.”
From the bookshelf: May 2023
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from May 2023.
A civilization searching for its humanity
In “Caste”, Isabel Wilkerson writes persuasively and honestly about the American failure of character.
Exploring the mysteries of the human personality
Georges Simenon’s Maigret uses skill and empathy to discover the murderer of a burglar he respected.
Beware the half-truths and false narratives
John Carreyrou details the sad and sordid tale of the myth building and ultimate disgrace of Elizabeth Holmes.
MORE TO COME... 