~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (4)

What is a good book or film that charts the trajectory of a profoundly healthy and transformational relationship? Twitter link here.  Well people?  Popular romances don’t count, try to get as close to “the canon” as you can. I found this question difficult.  GPT-4 listed a bunch of inappropriate, not actually so wholesome answers from […] The post Henrik Karlsson asks appeared first on...

Here is the audio, visual, and transcript.  Here is the episode summary: Ami Vitale is a renowned National Geographic photographer and documentarian with a deep commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental education. Her work, spanning over a hundred countries, includes spending a decade as a conflict photographer in places like Kosovo, Gaza, and Kashmir. She […] The post My Conversation with the excellent Ami...

Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him.  Here is one outdated bit from his home page: Benjamin Moser was born in Houston. He is the author of Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book of 2009. For his work bringing Clarice […] The post What should I ask Benjamin Moser?...

By Juan Rulfo, first published in 1955.  The previous English-language translation was abysmal, so this is perhaps the least read piece of truly great world literature?  In the English-speaking world at least.  It took me a long time and a lot of effort to read this short novel in Spanish.  The vocabulary is not difficult, […] The post The new *Pedro Páramo* translation appeared...