This is my second Adam Gopnik I‘ve posted about this week. As climate change brings the risk of a shrinking winter, this meditation illustrates its beauty through time, science, politics, art, poetry, song and story.
“Winter is the white page on which we write our hearts”
#FridayNightReads Winter nonfiction
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I thought today's prompt - Snowman - would be easy: snap a picture of Raymond Brigg's The Snowman, one of the best children's book there is. Done! Only I couldn't find the book anywhere in the house... So, instead, here is the page on snowmen in Adam Gopnik's non-fiction book about winter, with a Christmas card as an illustration.
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Book mail on Sunday!! Whoop Whoop! Ordered these from #NonfictionNovember recommendations on #Booktube
pickI love the CBC Massey Lectures and this one was great. It was such a quiet and interesting read. Gopnik explores in five themes how our culture has depicted winter and how winter has impacted all aspects of our culture - literature, music, visual arts, sports, architecture and urban planning... I think it would appeal to my fellow Canadian Littens 😉
From the essay on recuperative winter, or the history/evolution of the Christmas holiday. Seems especially pertinent this year...
Winter: Five Windows on the Season | 
