Welcome to the weekend,
Here are five things I thought worth reading this week.
Niall Ferguson and Jacob Howland offer their thoughts on what the freshman class actually needs to read, arguing that ‘foundational works’ necessarily include ideas and titles older than our current zeitgeist.
This essay explores the similarities between 18th-century music and literature; chiefly, the way realism is represented in both mediums.
While Communist bookstores have a fairly well-known history in the U.S., did you know the Nazis opened a propaganda bookstore in L.A. in March 1933?
How did Ireland became such a literary powerhouse?
I found this beautiful compilation of early bookshelves and carousels inspiring. Who knew so much medieval art included depictions of saints reading?
Currently reading: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Have a creative weekend.
Image: Indian Summer. Egner, Marie. Austrian. Public Domain.
