Adam Zagajewski, Slow Food, David Lynch, MORE - June 21 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Thu, 06/21/18
June 21, 2018
““Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration,
for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also read against yourselves,
read for questioning and impotence, for despair and erudition, read the dry sardonic remarks
of cynical philosophers like Cioran or even Carl Schmitt, read newspapers,
read those who despise, dismiss or simply ignore poetry and try to understand why they do it.
Read your enemies, read those who reinforce your sense of what's evolving in poetry,
and also read those whose darkness or malice or madness or greatness you can't understand
because only in this way will you grow, outlive yourself, and become what you are.” ”
― Adam Zagajewski,
Poet, who was born on this day
LISTEN to Adam Zagajewski
reading several of his poems
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Carlo Petrini – Founder of Slow Food [Video Intro]
Tomorrow, June 22, is the birthday of Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement.
In honor of his birthday, here are a few brief video clips
which serve as a fine introduction to his work…
Jack Deere – Even in Our Darkness [Review]
Courageous Honesty. A Review of
Even in Our Darkness: A Story of Beauty in a Broken Life
By Jack Deere (Hardback: Zondervan, 2018)
Reviewed by Matthew R. Bardowell
David Lynch – Room to Dream [NPR Interview]
One of this week’s best new book releases is:
Room to Dream: A Memoir by David Lynch / Kristine McKenna
(Hardback: Random House, 2018)
David Lynch was interviewed about this book
on NPR this week. Give it a listen:
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Book Giveaway: Literary Summer Reading
– Buechner, Flannery, MORE
One lucky winner will be chosen to receive a literary summer reading package
that includes galleys of these recent books by/about Frederick Buechner,
Flannery O'Connor, and Malcolm Guite.
Enter now to for your chance to win this package!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books