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“It’s like having a ‘snow day’ but all your friends are at school.” ~Elif Batumam in conversation with Merve Emre— (talks about what it means to be ‘free’ when others are not free in the same capacity— 7:35 in video) ☕️

London Review of Books

Film: Elif Batuman and Merve Emre: Either/Or

Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed and The Idiot, talks to Merve Emre about her latest novel Either/Or...

“For Kundera, national identity is invested in the vibrancy of expression, i.e., the arts. About the West, he says, ‘I think I know only that culture has bowed out.’ Without culture comes the Soviet model: ‘the smallest variety within the greatest space.’ Kundera's novels are famous for their musical forms, for the way they play with contrapuntal themes without quite resolving them. "In the realm of totalitarian kitsch," he wrote in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, "all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions. It follows, then, that the true opponent of totalitarian kitsch is the person who asks questions." ~Steven G. Kellman #reading #bookreview A KIDNAPPED WEST The Tragedy of Central Europe by Milan Kundera (Translated by Linda Asher and Edmund White)

My Sunday chores are “almost” done— so it’s time for Whiskey & Hannah Arendt. #sunday #reading

“The idea for a story emerged, about accepting the arrival of the inevitable. A linguist, Chiang thought, might learn such acceptance by deciphering the language of an alien race with a different conception of time. For five years, when he wasn’t working as a technical writer in the software industry, Chiang read books about linguistics. In 1998, he published “Story of Your Life,” in a science-fiction anthology series called Starlight. It was around sixty pages long and won three major science-fiction prizes: the Nebula, the Theodore Sturgeon, and the Seiun, which is bestowed by the Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan. Last year, “Arrival” was released, an adaptation of “Story of Your Life,” in which Amy Adams plays a linguist who learns, decades in advance, that her daughter will die, as a young woman, of a terminal illness, but goes ahead with the pregnancy anyway.” #bookstr Ted Chiang’s Soulful Science Fiction

The New Yorker

Ted Chiang’s Soulful Science Fiction

With just fourteen short stories and a novella, the author behind the recent film “Arrival” has gained a rapturous following within the genre a...

Doing the dishes & then rewatching *Arrival* — love this movie. However, *Stories of Your Life and Others* by Ted Chiang (the movie is based on one of the short stories) — excellent. Cheers 📖🎬

They also had a Taylor Swift scavenger hunt for the kids… in the train section! Adorable! 🫶

Walked by Acrisure Stadium & I wanted to get something off my chest… But decided it was not worth my energy to shout in public. I still have Beyoncé’s music.

In new environments— I rely on my instincts & gather facts as I go to help me decide if my opinion is correct. I have a statistic about the reliability of instincts in a book— but no coffee yet. Maybe later. Instincts or paranoia? Hope Tuesday is going well for everyone! I’m meeting my niece & nephew at the Science Center today!

#bookstr “Sholeh Wolpé: I translate from Persian. Iran has a long and rich literary tradition. Poetry, which until the mid- to late-twentieth century was always written in verse, has always occupied an important place in the lives of kings, scholars, and regular people alike.”

Words Without Borders

Women Translating the Classics: An Interview with Emily Wilson, Sholeh Wolpé, and Arshia Sattar - Words Without Borders

Translator and cofounder of the Women in Translation tumblr Alta L. Price spoke with three women translators of classical literature—Emily Wi...