Started this yesterday and couldn’t figure out how to say it clearly. Let me try again…
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It seems as if nearly all social media has turned into a referendum and compendium of ways to think about Racism in America. This is good. This is necessary. Keep reading and keep sharing.
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As you may have noticed, I didn’t post anything yesterday. I had a nice day with an early morning walk (before the hard rain aka snow), talking on the phone with my kids, and reading.
I read Willa Cather’s “Death Comes for the Archbishop” when I was in high school. I heard it was an important book which made me curious (still does), so I borrowed it from the library and read the whole thing.
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century - by Jessica Bruder
I read a remarkable book that I think some of you might like to read, also.
It’s “No Great Mischief” by Alistair MacLeod (1936-2014) and it is considered one of the Canada’s finest novels.
I watched an 18-minute video about Americans and their clutter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AhSNsBs2Y0
(I read about it in the letters section of The Non-Conformist Advocate. http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/ )
If you are fascinated by how ideas ripple through human communities – you probably already read Malcom Gladwell. If not, check him out. http://gladwell.com/ He is a fascinating thinker and writer.
It took me more than a month to read Annie Proulx’s 700-page novel Barkskins.
Before I return it to the library I am going to attempt to produce a book report here. Not sure if you need to read this as much as I need to write it. When a person lives five weeks with 700 pages, they really ought to know something about where they were and why they stayed there.
Margaret Fuller, A New American Life by Megan Marshall
Finalist for Pulitzer in biography and memoir