I was first intrigued by Robert Bly's poetry when I came across a description of his life and work in Michael Schmidt's Lives of the Poets. While browsing a used bookshop in New England a few weekends ago, I bought a slim, hardcover volume of his poetry entitled, "Loving a Woman in Two Worlds." My…

The Book Binder's Daughter

02.04.2023

On Reading Big Books Again: The Doll by Bolesław Prus |

I've been reading enormous books again---the doorstopper variety that Henry James famously labelled as "loose, baggy monsters." It's not that I had developed an aversion to large books or to reading in general but I seem to have lost interest in longer tomes in the past 3 years. I remember reading Neil Peart's book Ghost…

The Book Binder's Daughter

25.04.2023

Moderating and Checking The Emotions: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham |

One of my closest friends is always telling me not to take off hand remarks or things that people say personally. It's a good piece of advice but one that is much easier said that done. I think he is gently trying to teach me what Spinoza says in his Ethics about emotions being a…

The Book Binder's Daughter

30.12.2023

For What Binds Us: My Year in Review | The Book Binder's Daughter

Books read in 2023. Not pictured are Buddenbrooks and Bleak House. It's been a wild and crazy year for me, personally, professionally, emotionally, physically, etc. Most of my focus has been on building an ICF house with my business partner and getting my daughter through the process of applying to college. I had a milestone birthday, went…

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All Day I Loved You in a Fever: The Poetry of Robert Bly |

On Reading Big Books Again: The Doll by Bolesław Prus |

Moderating and Checking The Emotions: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham |

For What Binds Us: My Year in Review | The Book Binder's Daughter

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