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The Most Ambitious Diary in History:

Claude Fredericks, a Bennington classics professor, knew Anaïs Nin and James Merrill, and taught Donna Tartt. He kept a journal for eight decades, and persuaded many in his orbit that he was writing a titanic masterpiece. Did he?, from The New Yorker

The Man Who Brought the Swastika to Germany, and How the ( Read more... )

From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Verse, and here's the alphabetical list of poets

People aren't meant to talk this much, from The Atlantic, about social media in general and FB in particular

Talmudic curses and insults, from MJL (some creative ones there ;)

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Collected over the last month; hope you find something to interest or amuse you :)
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Today in Find the Cat:

https://twitter.com/katehinds/status/1269697161329082370/photo/1

(I must confess that I was not able to find the cat! See if you can ;))

My 17 Illustrations To Reflect On Our Lives During The COVID-19 ( Read more... )

I have seen many recommended books, films, TV shows lists in the last few weeks. And I decided to make a recommendation as well. This book has been one of my favorites, for quite a while ( Read more... )

Q&A, including, "Can I go outside?" and "Should I wear a mask?"

What to watch and/or read during the pandemic, according to the Washington Post's foreign correspondents

(both from The Washington Post)

Just in case you were short of reading material this Sunday ;))
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Religious commentary:

Children of Nachson, from My Jewish Learning, about the meaning of faith ("Leap, and the net will appear")

The Jewish spriritual path to character development, also from My Jewish Learning ( Read more... )

"Face Toward the Spring," by Faith Baldwin--I'd written about it here, back in July, wondering who was right--the reviewer who gave it one star, or the reviewer who gave it five ( Read more... )

"It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It", by Robert Fulghum.

Just started reading this book myself, yesterday--highly recommended, some amusing and some thought-provoking tales, as is usual for this author.

An absolutely hilarious story of a church Christmas pageant starts on page 64.

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I made some changes to the book list--not changed the numbering yet, will do after we're done revising. Please comment if you want any of the books removed, any of those removed, put back,  or any new ones added.

Thanks! I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with :)
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1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen ( Read more... )