New bookmark

I wanted a nice bookmark, so I ordered this wooden one with an image of Japanese cherry blossoms. It’s really cool.

Great Story about Tolstoy helping a Somali man get through prison.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/03/29/706870472/video-how-anna-karenina-saved-a-somali-prisoner-s-life?t=1554316629197

Joyce Carol Oates interview

Joyce Carol Oates: Failure is Just Preparation

Something to trip out on

https://aeon.co/essays/cosmopsychism-explains-why-the-universe-is-fine-tuned-for-life

Hmmm, do I write a Gatsby prequel now or not?

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/31/are-rightsholders-ready-for-public-domain-day/

I Love Alice Munro

Here is a reappraisal of Munro’s first stories, published about fifty years ago.

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/alice-munros-dance-happy-shades-50-years-later/579187/

This IS Bad News…

https://aeon.co/ideas/the-bad-news-on-human-nature-in-10-findings-from-psychology

A Most Excellent Piece on David Bowman by Jonathan Lethem

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/david-bowman-and-the-furry-girl-school-of-american-fiction

48 Books By Women and Nonbinary Authors of Color to Read in 2019 by R.O. Kwon

https://electricliterature.com/48-books-by-women-and-nonbinary-authors-of-color-to-read-in-2019-d9b4fdcc53c2

Great list.