Links Galore, Plus my Preliminary Doctoral Exams Reading Lists

I have nine months to read 150 books

It’s been months since I’ve shared some of what I love with you, but I have some links! Consider the list a floaty in the form of an annotated bibliography, bouyant enough for the roughest of waters.

Yes, that’s the full moon through the bedroom window in Honolulu.

Links! Treasures!

• Recently I found refuge in this episode of On Being, with Janine Benyus and Azita Ardakani, both of whom study biomimicry. They explore how nature heals from trauma, mutual aid, and the collective care of succession. A primary question circulating throughout the conversation is: how can we embrace mutuality instead of competition? On Being is always life-giving but this episode in particular sung to me, especially because audience members proposed questions.

• I am here for these mysterious monoliths, the most recent of which appeared in Nevada. “The photographs shared by the police show the lone vertical slab reflecting the dry, rugged terrain and rocky desert landscape against a bright blue sky” (NYT). Altho…