HB · 01The DispossessedUrsula K. Le Guin
Reading
The Dispossessed
A book about worlds, belonging, freedom—and the structures we learn to mistake for nature.
Things I’ve been readingA small,
A small,
living bookshelf.
Not a catalogue and not a scorecard. Just books I’m spending time with, and a few words about why they have followed me beyond their last page.
On the shelf4 volumes · added slowly
HB · 02The Book of DelightsRoss Gay
Finished✦ Stayed with me
The Book of Delights
A lovely argument for paying closer attention to what is already here.
HB · 03Invisible CitiesItalo Calvino
Finished✦ Stayed with me
Invisible Cities
Cities as memory, desire and language. Especially resonant while learning to live somewhere new.
HB · 04Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer
Finished✦ Stayed with me
Braiding Sweetgrass
Knowledge can be rigorous and reciprocal. Science can also be a way of expressing care.
“The books I remember best are rarely the ones that gave me answers. They are the ones that made the world feel larger.”
— a note to myself, in the margin