The canon. The beautiful basics of science
Once in a while you stumble upon a book that will change the way you see and approach things. This is one of them. Natalie Angier, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the NYT (booksite), has written a book for those of us who need beauty, involvement and lateral thinking to get into science. It’s all […]
The Raven
Wonderful, brilliant, romantic, funny, thrilling, naughty Poe. Our greatest classic writer. Happy birthday, bicentennial poet. Vincent Price reads:
Robert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
http://annehodgson.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/frost.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake […]
HWGSATQ
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, the curator of Dokumenta 13 in 2012, answered the question where she was from by saying “HWGSATQ – How would Gertrude Stein answer that question?” and then explained that she was conceived in Italy, grew up in Richmond and “returned” to Italy later in life. “Heimat ist eine multiple Erfahrung und Simplifizierungen erscheinen […]
David Sedaris: Santaland Diaries
Production of the Santaland Diaries at Flashpoint Theater David Sedaris suffered through a season of being an elf at Macy’s SantaLand. His story, read on NPR, launched his career. Listen to the whole thing here.
Anne Enright
Anne Enright will be reading from The Gathering, which won the Booker Prize 2007, with Katharina Thalbach at Literaturhaus on Wednesday, 19 November 2008 at 8pm. (See Dolcevita’s announcement for details in German.) Tickets: 089 / 291934-27. Anne Enright has the most amazing view of the world. Down-to-earth. Physical. Womanly. Just read her short article […]
David Sedaris ex post
A wonderful evening at Literaturhaus. Sedaris is not only a masterful comic writer, he is also charming, approachable, real. And he loves to autograph books. He read from his newest one, “When You are Engulfed in Flames” (also available as an audio book or in German, “Schöner wird’s nicht“), which I can warmly recommend. What […]
