This summer I’ll be participating in 20 Books of Summer, thoughtfully hosted by Cathy at 746 Books.
Tag: cultural history
on the lonely city
An ambitious study of New York artists, Olivia Laing’s The Lonely City examines a few of the many forms urban loneliness takes.
on a paradise built in hell
An expansive work of cultural history, Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell triumphs the empathy of civil society in the wake of disaster.
may updates
The combination of a souring relationship and another move’s left with me little time to read or blog, but things have stabilized in time for the end of spring and start of summer.
qotd: possibilities
New places offer up new thoughts, new possibilities. Exploring the world is one of the best ways of exploring the mind, and walking travels both terrains.
—Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust
qotd: movement
Moving on foot seems to make it easier to move in time; the mind wanders from plans to recollections to observations.
—Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust
on wanderlust
Expansive and engaging, Rebecca Solnit’s Wanderlust explores the history of walking in the West.
