“People suspicious of change frowned on the Whole Foods erected...on 125th Street. Why shouldn’t Harlem have what most of Manhattan took for granted, other people answered. Harlem’s rehabilitation was in becoming like everywhere else.” —Darryl Pinckney

great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.

Visited the light show at the Chicago Botanic Gardens and took some photos of some of the more interesting light displays.

#visualarts #photosky

I enjoy when fun books arrive in the mail from distant countries. The simple pleasures of a bibliographer …

#julianbarnes #booksky #bibliography

Haven’t purchased many graphic novels recently. Besides Ducks and the new Chris Ware (and based on my liking nearly all that you see here), what am I missing? #graphicnovels

People should follow @msrachelcooke.bsky.social because she’s a wonderful writer and a lovely person.

Dissection

#photosky #powerlines

Shelf of books written by English poet, critic, editor, and biographer Ian Hamilton. His poetry pamphlets are too thin to be noticed here, but perhaps I’ll post those separately? Anyone interested in seeing such things?

💙📚 #booksky #ianhamilton #jdsalinger #poetry

We like books here, yes? Well, here’s a portion of one shelf mostly dedicated to different editions of Julian Barnes’s novel The Sense of an Ending. Book collecting is a disease, I’m told. 💙📚

#booksky #julianbarnes #bibliomania

This sculpture stuns me. Such beauty …

[Antonio Corradini, Veiled Woman (circa 1717), Louvre] #sculpture #artsky #louvre

Julian Barnes’s *The Noise of Time* is a good read during these dark times. The great composer Shostakovich facing creative and personal dilemmas while living in Stalinist Russia. Totalitarianism pitted against artistic expression. #julianbarnes #tyranny #shostakovich

If you haven’t read *Burning the Books* by Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social, now is the time. I don’t imagine the attacks to libraries, free thought, or books in general will stop anytime soon.

#Booksky #BookBanning #Libraries

I either read or listen to the audiobook of Julian Barnes’s *Nothing to Be Frightened of* every other year. It offers an engaging and honest view of death, religion, and family relationships. Life altering. #julianbarnes #death