Sometimes literally the only place you can find a book is a shitty libgen pdf and that's okay
batsy Libgen is such a lifesaver for expensive academic books, especially. 1mo
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Sometimes literally the only place you can find a book is a shitty libgen pdf and that's okay
https://youtu.be/y02mEcEzavY?si=VZ4XlpHdfCAo14Jh
The Importance of Book-Centered Spaces as Third Places by Susie Dumond; https://bookriot.com/book-centered-spaces-as-third-places/
so-soThe Slip tells a story about a street in NYC that was home to starving artists in the 50s and 60s, giving them studio space and artistic community. Great idea, but it started to get rather dull for me (not sure if this was me or the book). I appreciated the inclusion of women in the discussion, since it‘s so often just men.
NBA longlist, nonfiction
pickA really interesting mix of a Scottish childhood - remembered through loving eyes, surrounded by family, skies and nature and the authors artistic practice and relationship to space and place as an adult. I loved her honesty about how her ideas and art is formed. All interspersed by amazing obscure Scottish word lists. Worked brilliantly on audio.
pickDelightful. I wish I could find more of her books. I just love the way she writes. This was an ex library book.
Perfect read right now for me after 2 bails!
bailedI gave this a little more time than I should have, hoping that something would click, but as other reviews mention, it starts off strong before descending into meandering rants that he clearly thinks are very important, but I quickly grew tired of. I'd like to give the personal essay genre another go, though, if anyone has recommendations.
#GratefulHarvest #Nature a 15,000 year history of a square mile near Boston.Written in 1984,it is beyond culture,space,& time .Yes,we all gave a crap about resources, climate issues way back then.Most of us aren‘t big oil, or crazed capitalists who sell anything for profit regardless of the human cost.Nature is a major player in this unique history of time, place, & space, it may be too late to turn things around.multidisciplinary in the best way.
so-soThis was a decent read. The author describes different ways to feel more attached to the place you live. A lot of the ideas were a bit obvious but others were interesting to learn about. Some examples were to shop/eat locally, get involved with events/volunteer, walk vs drive around town, get to know your neighbors, etc.
This was my friends' bookclub pick so it'll be interesting to see if any of us are going to put the ideas into practice.
