literature

March 26th, 2026

"To have that sense of one’s intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, ...

March 24th, 2026

Erika Giovanna Klien - "Diving Bird" (1939) Erika Giovanna Klien - "Kinetische Figur" (1927) Erika Giovanna Klien - "Rhythm of Bird Flight" ...

March 18th, 2026

It was a good mail day. My Criterion Collection blu-rays for Birth , Testament , and All That Heaven Allows arrived! Birth is one of my all-...

March 16th, 2026

There were snow flurries today! I live in the South, and it never snows here. I tried to capture some of the snow, but it doesn't show up to...

March 15th, 2026

Art by Christiane Ritter , created when she spent a year in the Arctic with her husband in the 1930s. She later published A Woman in the Pol...

An Excessively Long List of Books I Love

Marguerite Duras The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf Ariel by Sylvia Plath The Ravishing of Lol Stein...

February 20th, 2026

I love to crochet and listen to Adam Walker's lectures on YouTube . I don't think anyone else gives me the kind of hope that he does—hope in...

February 19th, 2026

Rainer Maria Rilke: You Have to Change Your Life (2025)

February 10th, 2026

The poncho (on the right) is growing. I've been at it for about a month! Last night, I decided to start a scarf (on the left) as a quick pro...