Reading

I’m reading Shadow Before the Flame, about the Hindenburg disaster and the prelude to war – a compelling page-turning historian! Not unlike Candice Millard who is one of my favorites, I read all of her books. But typically I am reading novels, Knausgaard is a favorite and i just did a deep dive into all of Salinger, loved rereading Catcher in the Rye. I love reading.

Little Big Man by Thomas Berger

I love reading! One of the books I was starting is called “Alien Earths”. It’s about the science of exploring life on other planets. Very interesting book and the author has a great sense of humor. 🙂

Yes, I read a book nearly every week! Actually, I listen to audio books while cleaning, while driving to appts, errands, I’ll which is why I can clock a book a week. I also read lots of “content” online. The last few years, I’ve been doing a deep-dive into AI. As an Artist & Educator, I’m on a feed with faculty, brainstorming strategies for engaging students to read and interpret their own thoughts, versus asking AI for answers to essay passages.

I’m starting with this recommended text, by a colleague:

“Code Dependent” by Madhumita Murgia : an excellent bit of long form investigative journalism into the adversarial algorithmic practices of tech/AI companies towards gig workers and laborers around the world. It’s very eye opening, and I highly recommend it: https://www.theguardian. com/books/2024/mar/23/code-dependent-by-madhumita-murgia-review-understanding- the-human-impacts-of-ai

Sunday cheer, Jerri

Last week, I read Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Come Home to Yourself Atul Gawande, Better

Currently reading Adam Grant, Hidden Potential Vaishnavi Patel, Goddess of the River

Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption by Victoria Vesna and Anuradha Vikram

Glorious Country–How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World by Victoria Johnson, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Finalist If you’ve never heard of Frederic Church, you aren’t alone, but you are missing knowing about and seeing the marvelous landscapes by an important American artist, whom everyone knew of and whose work they would pay to see during the late 19th Century. His paintings are among the greatest landscape paintings ever painted. Ms. Johnson does a splendid job of telling his story. This book rates among my all-time favorites. JMM

“Know My Name’ by Chanel Milller. An emotional memoir from the survivor of sexual assault at Stanford. Powerfully recounts not only her experience as the victim, but the additional trauma inflicted by a biased & flawed justice system. It also details the devastating effects on the lives of (the often forgotten) family and friends.

‘ Mother Mary Comes to Me’ Arundhati Roy has crafted a stunningly vulnerable daughter’s memoire (the relationship with her mother Mary). The forward:pages of hugely deserved praise for prize winning writing…it oozes creativity.

The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World, by Brian Tyler Cohen

American Kompromat by Craig Unger about trump being a Russian asset since 1988. True North by Paul Theroux The Artist Must Remain Dead by Despina Tunberg

Becoming Supernatural – How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice By J F Martel

An idea for anemia poems

Hello Ted,

My name is Cullen David, and I’m part of the marketing team at Readers Route.

While looking through anemia poems, what immediately caught my attention was your concept of the “Hyperwork” using 360 images and text message style fragments to turn 27 years of creative work into an unconventional artistic experience.

I believe that blend of poetry, visual art, technology, and personal expression gives the book strong appeal for readers and creatives drawn to experimental and boundary pushing work.

At Readers Route, I help authors connect their books with the right audiences and build visibility around what makes their work distinctive.

I have a few ideas specifically for anemia poems and would be glad to share them if you’re open to hearing them.

Warm regards, Cullen David Marketing Team Readers Route

I just finished the book, Buckeye by Patrick Ryan. It’s a novel that centers on the lives of two couples and their children and the town in which they live in Ohio. It covers the. from World War II until after the Vietnam war and is a profoundly emotional treatment of human relationships and what is most important in life. I highly recommend it.

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

Ron Rash Poems, new and selected Set in the rich turf of Appalachia, elegies for a landscape.

No Contact- Writers on Estrangement edited by Jenny Barton Essays on the topography of absence.

Consciousness is the new Currency, by Michael E Conner

The progression of projections, People are Perfect Now by David Oloche

“Get the Picture: A mind-bending journey among the inspired artists and obsessive art fiends who taught me how to see” by Bianca Bosker. Very readable, funny and profound.

Musical Human. A history of Life on Earth, Michael Spitzer