Here are some of the articles about the world of literature that caught my eye recently.
The New York Review of Books “Truth, Beauty, and Oliver Sacks”
Simon Callow reviews Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales by Oliver Sacks, the second posthumous collection of Sacks’s essays, most of which were published in The New York Review.
the editors have fashioned the book in such a way that we are left with an image of the author that is extraordinarily touching—not lacking in his habitual energy and driven curiosity, but somehow vulnerable, even fragile.
brainpickings “The Healing Power of Gardens: Oliver Sacks on the Psychological and Physiological Consolations of Nature”
Maria Popova discuses Oliver Sacks’s book Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales.
Esquire “Anthony Bourdain Remembered Is a Stunning Tribute to the Late Chef”
A look at the book, put together by CNN, that “includes photos and messages from Barack Obama, Eric Ripert, Jill Filipovic, Ken Burns, Questlove, José Andrés and others who worked with Bourdain.”
The Guardian “The Heartland review – fascinating study of schizophrenia”
“Award-winning writer and former mental-health nurse Nathan Filer redefines our understanding of the illness.” A review of The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia by Nathan Filer.
The Amazon Book Review “Talking with Neil Gaiman about ‘Good Omens’”
Neil Gaiman talks about adapting Good Omens, the novel he co-authored with Terry Pratchett, 30 years ago. (Pratchett died in 2015.) The 6-episode adaptation is currently available on Amazon Prime Video.
Esquire “Central Park Five Prosecutor Linda Fairstein Has Responded to When They See Us Backlash”
Should now-successful-crime-novelist Linda Fairstein be held responsible for the later-reversed conviction of the Central Park Five?
CityLab “Writers Are More Prolific When They Cluster”
Despite the stereotype of authors toiling away in lonely solitude, a new study finds that British and Irish writers clustered in 18th- and 19th-century London and were more productive as a result.
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