Read Slowly.
Live Deliberately.
One book at a time.
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On today’s post: Thoughts on Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, plus September’s two project reads: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward! Check it out: https://theadamburgess.substack.com/p/jane-austen-and-jesmyn-ward
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December’s Carol Begins
Dear Friend, Today, I put up my Christmas tree and began reading this month’s contemplative reading selection, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol…
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Today the Floes Came
Dear Friend, What a joy it’s been to visit with Mary Oliver. She, like Ocean Vuong, Kurt Vonnegut, Virginia Woolf, and select others, always makes…
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A Feeling Transcendental
Dear Friend, Part Three in Mary Oliver’s Long Life she aptly titles, “Artists of the Beautiful.” It’s a somewhat abrupt turn she takes, from her…
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The Morning Settles Upward
Part Two of Oliver’s Long Life is titled, “Wordsworth’s Mountain,” which also happens to be the title of the first chapter in this part of…
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The Contemplative Reading Project, hosted by Dr. Adam Burgess, is a quest to read slowly & live deliberately. I invite you to join me in this journey!
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