Seven Steps
The Counted
“Soon, the nail-biting hours of vote-counting start. For a Turkish citizen who does not support the AKP, casting your vote is the easy part of the process. The trickier task comes after that vote is stamped (to ensure it is real and valid): trying to make sure it is actually counted.” On a new book about Erdoğan’s Turkey.
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Two From The Atavist
The Atavist has been killing it lately. Last month, I was riveted by Joshuah Bearman’s outrageous (and completely true) story of one Brit’s attempt to bring a “Baghdad Country Club” to the city’s Green Zone. This month, “Mother, Stranger,” Cris Beam’s account of her abusive mother–a distant relative of William Faulkner–had me on the verge of tears.
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“Unhappy in Their Own Ways”
This week in book-related infographics: A look at the Russian novelists, “Unhappy in Their Own Ways,” from The New York Times.
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A New Kind of Book Review
A new kind of book review: 5 artists interpret and critique literature through works of visual art.
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Speaking with Greenwell
Recommended Reading: The Paris Review Daily interviews Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You, possibly the next great gay novel.
Interesting but incomplete. I’d like to see the author spend more time on the why’s and wherefores. Also, from the very little I know, there’s a *ton* more that can be said about the history of the various american schools of spiritualism, new thought, theosophy, yoga, etc., etc.. With a little more background & contextualization, the author would be in a better position to highlight what’s different and significant about contemporary developments in the self-improvement sphere(s).