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"Making art is a non-linguistic form of communication. You can communicate across language barriers through images." –Marina Warner
Before words, there are gestures. Marina Warner’s Sanctuary grows from work like Stories in Transit, where art helped displaced people speak before they could speak. #SanctuaryBook #ArtAsRefuge #StoriesInTransit #MarinaWarner #EXPeditions #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement
New on Book Post 📚 Marina Warner talks about the fairytales and stories that have shaped her life and work. Read here → books.substack.com/p/diary-marina…
Read Christian Caryl on Elaine Pagels and Paula Fredriksen here → books.substack.com/p/review-chris… @doubledaybooks @PrincetonUPress
How did Christianity gain such global influence? Looking at texts on Christianity by two esteemed ancient historians, Christian Caryl investigates what we’ve forgotten about the faith’s origin and evolution. books.substack.com/p/review-chris…
New on Book Post–Jean McGarry reflects on visual perception and art historian Svetlana Alpers 🎨 Read here→ books.substack.com/p/diary-jean-m…
How much could the US publishing industry be worth if the government invested in it? semafor.com/article/07/11/…
Remembering Omar whistling “The Farmer in the Dell” publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/ch…
“Paintings, to their credit, are silent.” –Jean McGarry New on Book Post: Jean McGarry writes about the work of Van Gogh at the National Gallery, Dutch landscapes, the Italian Renaissance, and the legacy of art historian Svetlana Alpers. books.substack.com/p/diary-jean-m…
Read Sarah Chayes on Robert Macfarlane’s “Is a River Alive?” here → books.substack.com/p/review-sarah…
An office with eight dogs and one writer is the perfect spot for dog-earing a good book. This image is from Book Post author Douglas Bauer’s adorable office. 🐾 Read his brilliant new review of Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic now on our site!
It's my publication day. If you haven't done so already, please think of ordering "The Other Love." bookshop.org/p/books/the-ot…
“Asphalt melts glossy on the pavements and sticks to our soles like black chewing gum. Each new day brings the same old weather. We wear the heat like a suit of armour.” –Robert Macfarlane, Is a River Alive? @wwnorton @RobGMacfarlane
“What is a river, anyway? The question is not one that Robert Macfarlane’s paradigm-shifting book, Is a River Alive? expressly asks. But it cries out from every luminously-written page.” –Sarah Chayes on Robert Macfarlane’s Is a River Alive? Read here → books.substack.com/p/review-sarah…
