Blogs about: Adam Gopnik
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In this week’s New Yorker
Some great stuff: * Adam Gopnik’s lead editorial, “Military Secrets,” which includes this brilliantly succinct comment: “Benghazi is a tragedy in search of a scandal; the Petra… more →
another eye opens
why read Szymborska?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Adam Gopnik: Every other year, it seems, the Nobel Prize in literature goes to an obscure Eur … more →
WINTER CITY, WARM CITY: Melbourne
wrote 1 month ago: O WINTER…I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem’st, And dreaded though thou art!… I crown thee king … more →
She's coming home...
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wrote 1 month ago: The image has been a counterweight to darkness. Pitch Black. Every Father’s nightmare. I call … more →
"The difference between Despair/And Fear"
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wrote 1 month ago: ~ Events such as the tsunamis in Indonesia and Japan, devastating earthquakes or hurricanes that res … more →
Peacenik Ranting
wrote 2 months ago: So I was innocently enjoying a professional development event in my town’s civic center this n … more →
My life with guns--I once shot a rifle
wrote 2 months ago: We’ve all been thinking and talking and some of us have been writing a great deal about guns i … more →
Winter
wrote 2 months ago: The Book: Winter (Massey Lectures) by Adam Gopnik The Location: Hostel Dodero. Liberia, Costa Rica. … more →
Weekend Whets 4/12
wrote 2 months ago: Peruvian Sushi Night, Saturday, April 13, 2013, 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., Somethin’ Jazz Club, 212 … more →
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22028316
wrote 2 months ago: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22028316 … more →
Weekend Whets 4/5
wrote 2 months ago: Community Cookbook Extravaganza, Saturday, April 6, 2013, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Brooklyn Museum, Brookl … more →
What Makes a Happy Marriage? Lust, Laughter and Loyalty
wrote 2 months ago: I came across an article on the BBC by Adam Gopnik called “Is there a secret to a happy marria … more →
what is eating you...
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wrote 2 months ago: “We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities… stil … more →
"Armed Correlations" by Adam Gopnik
wrote 2 months ago: Take a look at this opinion piece by Adam Gopnik at the NewYorker: A snip: One sign of the robustnes … more →
You’re invited to our Forum launch – the Shakespeare Slam!
wrote 2 months ago: The Stratford Festival invites you to see Shakespeare in a whole new light, channelled through the r … more →
Lust, laughter and loyalty!
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wrote 2 months ago: Something else we really can learn from dogs. I’m not sure that I should admit that my … more →
Digital Democracy & American Anti-Intellectualism, Part II
wrote 2 months ago: Last week I wrote a post about some of the challenges we face in a digital age where expertise and a … more →
"We want a beautiful solution"
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wrote 2 months ago: The 18th century automaton called The Turk could play chess with humans and win. It once played Benj … more →
Notes on Experience, Story, and Voice
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wrote 2 months ago: “The idea that everyone has a story to tell (which underlies the notion that anyone can write since … more →
Drowning in Digital Democracy, Part I
wrote 3 months ago: It’s become commonplace, and maybe even a little passé, to describe our own ongoing digital revoluti … more →
