From the bookshelf: September 2024
Each month I have a goal to read five books. Here are the books I read in September 2024.
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An occasional series of posts with links and short descriptions to books and articles of interest.
Perceptions and perspectives
Ned Blackhawk’s important work to reimagine our history “outside the tropes of discovery.”
Things take their course
While not in the top tier of Christie novels, “The Mystery of the Blue Train” is nonetheless worth the ride.
Legitimacy lost
The NYT on the chief justice’s effort to blow up the legitimacy of today’s Supreme Court.
From the bookshelf: August 2024
Each month I have a goal to read five books. Here are the books I read in August 2024.
The birth of a new imperial order
A new work on the CIA highlights the often unintended and disastrous effects of unaccountable power.
The mysteries of our daily experience
Sometimes we need to stop over thinking and tend to the ordinary and mundane.
Offering small and large epiphanies
A new exhibition invites conversations about gender, work, and artistic agency.
From the bookshelf: July 2024
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from July 2024.
The crescendo moment in American history
Myth and history are both important in understanding our past actions and present choices as a nation.
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