A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest …
Lisa Wells wrote about Recompose, the first human composting organization, and its benefits to the environment and connection to the earth after death.
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Non-fiction, classics, religion/atheism, science, sci-fi, to name just a few book topics I gravitate toward.
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A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest …
Sarah Kaplan's piece about Kernza is another eye-opener. She bakes bread with a specially-developed perennial wheatgrass. (Most crops are annual.)
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers started reading The Tao Te Ching by Laozi
Listening to Mitchell's audiobook version 9780061449529
A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest …
I chose Chris Malloy's article on solar panels as my first read. I had never heard of agrivoltaics (solar panels on land) and solar grazing (livestock around solar panels). Another fascinating aspect of solar energy. If just 1% of global farmland was covered in solar, it would supply full energy demand.
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers started reading 30-Second Cinema by Pamela Hutchinson
Excited to finally get a hold of Hutchinson's book. I follow her extensively-researched Silent London website.
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers wants to read Stay True by Hua Hsu
From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the …
Pulitzer Prize memoir
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers commented on Time Shelter - a Novel by Georgi Gospodinov
A 'clinic for the past' offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces …
Winner of the 2023 Booker Prize.
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers wants to read His Name Is George Floyd by Robert Samuels
The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd …
2023 Pulitzer Prize winner for Nonfiction.
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers reviewed The epic of Gilgamesh by N. K. Sandars (Penguin classics)
The stories of the king of Uruk
4 stars
I've finally read one of the oldest and most influential works of literature in the world. This was a 1972 version, so I'll be looking into the latest archeaological findings and translations.
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers commented on The epic of Gilgamesh by N. K. Sandars (Penguin classics)
Skipped most of the intro and dove into the first two chapters. An impressive tale. Amazing that this story has been around for over 3,000 years, mostly lost until the cuneiform tablets were unearthed less than 200 years ago.
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers wants to read (Very) Short History of Life on Earth by Henry Gee
Here We Are podcast interview 👍
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers commented on Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Uncompleted Writings by Herman Melville (The Writings of Herman Melville)
Contains: Billy Budd Weeds and Wildings Parthenope uncollected prose uncollected poetry
I just watched the film Beau Travail, very loosely based on Billy Budd. Curious to see how they compare.
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers wants to read The Undersea Network by Nicole Starosielski
Recommended by discuss.systems/@ricci/109677728382943160
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers commented on Hollywood by Jeanine Basinger
Received this book as a gift. I had heard about it and assumed it was a dense collection of longform interviews. It's actually bite-sized quotes (usually less than a page) from different people in the industry, organized by topic.
I just finished Chapter 1: Beginnings. Now onto Comedy...
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers finished reading Tête bêche by Liu, Yichang
"Intersection" is an evocative glimpse of an afternoon in Hong Kong, in the early 70s. This short story follows the thoughts and dreams of two strangers as they move throughout the city and have a chance meeting.
Text note: I do not have a copy of the book. "Intersection" is in the DVD booklet of In the Mood for Love (Criterion, 2002) and must have inspired the director Wong Kar-wai. It was translated by Nanci Li in the 1988 issue of Renditions (a "Chinese-English Translation Magazine"). Many out-of-print volumes of the magazine are available for free on the publisher's website.