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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Let the World Soften You with Its Touching
Dear Friend, What if we really could “write poems and save the planet,” as poet laureate Ada Limón suggests in her introduction to this beautiful…
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You Are Here in the Natural World
Dear Friend, It will be no surprise to anyone paying attention that I didn’t get far with my reflections on Hewitt’s All Down Darkness Wide.…
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Shouting into the Hollow Trunk of the World
Dear Friend, Sometimes I’ve wondered about memoir as a genre. Why do we read a segment of some individuals’ stories? And who decides to share…
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All Down Darkness Wide
Dear Friend, Thank you for a strange and somewhat unsettling, but also educational, read through Ethan Mollick’s Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI, last month.…
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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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