In praise of aphorisms: What if we see the history of philosophy not as a grand system of sustained critique but as a series of brilliant fragments?

By Tamar SchwartzJune 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Books, History

Click Here to Read: In praise of aphorisms: What if we see the history of philosophy not as a grand system of sustained critique but as a series of brilliant fragments? by Andrew Hui on the Aeon.com website.

Yiddish Illustrations: “From Chagall to Diego Rivera”

By Tamar SchwartzJune 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Arts, Literature

Click Here to Read: Yiddish Illustrations: “From Chagall to Diego Rivera” A Personal Top Ten by David Mazower on the Yiddish Book Center website.

An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis by James Baldwin

By Tamar SchwartzJune 1, 2020June 26, 2020 Books, Politics

Click Here to Read: An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis by James Baldwin in The New York Review of Books in the January 7, 1971 Issue.
Angela Davis. Image: Columbia GSAPP. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Review of The Regulars’ Table: Conversations with Ferenczi by Christina Griffin

By Tamar SchwartzJune 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Books, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read and Listen to: Review of The Regulars’ Table: Conversations with Ferenczi by Christina Griffin Reviewed by Christopher Russell on the New Books Network Website.

Click Here to Read about and Purchase: The Regulars’ Table: Conversations with Ferenczi by Christina Griffin from IPBooks.net

POETRY MONDAY: JUNE 1, 2020

By Tamar SchwartzJune 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Literature

‘

JIM HABA

Good morning, everyone. A bit cooler today, in our new two-seasons-only weather here in the northeastern U.S. I hope you’re still well.
Full disclosure: Our poet today is one we’ve featured before (back in 2010, actually), and also my co-editor for an anthology just released by IPBooks: What They Bring: The Poetry of Migration and Immigration. But there’s a bigger reason for my re-introducing you to Jim Haba today. When you see the book you’ll note that the striking cover is from a painting by Erica Barton Haba, Jim’s wife and longtime artistic partner, a dear person lost to all of us just a few months ago.

Continue reading POETRY MONDAY: JUNE 1, 2020