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A Book Comes Close to a Unified Theory of Food. Itβs a Big Job.
In βHow the World Eats,β the philosopher Julian Baggini grapples with βeverything that affects and is affected byβ our comestibles.
[George Eliot tries to tell a joke] One night, walking into a bar, a beautiful womanβbut why always a beautiful woman? Was her point of view the only possible one with regard to this joke? I pity the poor barkeep subjected to such endless torrents of beautiful women, priests, rabbis, parrots, dogs,
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A Book Comes Close to a Unified Theory of Food. Itβs a Big Job.
In βHow the World Eats,β the philosopher Julian Baggini grapples with βeverything that affects and is affected byβ our comestibles.
My wonderful grad students want to read Clarissa in real time. I sent some thoughts. Sharing them here in case anyoneβs up for it (again!).
Okay, #bsbookclub π friends! I've made the admin feed, where we can foregather and organize ourselves. If you'd like to be added to it please REPLY to this skeet. Once I've added you to the feed, I'll like your reply. This will help me keep organized, so thanks in advance! π π
This brought me back here and reading groups have kept me going this year- Moby Dick π, Frankenstein π©, and Gravityβs Rainbow π helped me through a rough one.
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In Favor of Reading Aloud
When I read Jane Eyre, I stalled for a full year between the opening part at the boarding school and the rest of the book. I tend to dislike boarding-school openings in books, but the real problem was...