The Only Answer to the Country's Troubles | TIME An excerpt from #WeAretheLeaders time.com/6971459/eddie-…

Congrats on the new book Daniel Susskind - “what is economic growth for?” is indeed the central question of the AI age. Excited to dig in.

“[T]rain yourself strictly, don’t let
what can hold you back overwhelm you.
When you are free from everything that holds you back
you can live in the world
without the depravities that ooze out from within.”

Beautiful excerpt in Scroll.in from Poems of the First Buddhist Women.

‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library scroll.in/article/105391…

‘When you are free from everything that holds you back
you can live in the world
without the depravities that ooze out from within.’

Read an excerpt from #Therigatha : #PoemsOfTheFirstBuddhistWomen , translated from the Pali by #CharlesHallisey . Scroll.in Harvard University Press…

Was there a madman in the White House?

In 1919, US diplomat William Bullitt thought there might be. Based on Bullitt's analysis of Woodrow Wilson, historian Patrick Weil will consider how the mental health of a controversial president shaped world events. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-madman-i…

“Poems help me to know what I’m feeling. Out of the depths of my heart will come a quotation completely unbidden. And then I will think, Oh, so that’s what I am feeling today.” —Helen Vendler

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The poetry critic and Harvard professor Helen Vendler died yesterday at the age of ninety.

‘It is Vendler’s supreme critical virtue,’ Tom Paulin wrote in 1998, ‘that she can write from inside a poem, as if she is in the workshop witnessing its making.’

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Last April, when she turned 90, I visited Helen Vendler in Laguna Niguel and took this picture. A reader/critic like her only comes along a few times in a century. But it was her loving friendship that changed my life.

We at the Review mourn the loss of Helen Vendler (1933–2024). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Criticism interview from our archive.

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Helen Vendler was the most important 'adult' (ie generation above me) in my life besides my literal parents. Intellectually & personally. I'll try to say more when I can. Please go read what she had to say about teaching and about the poets she loved. Words Chosen Out of Desire.

Wonderful to see Time's Monster (in great company) on the The Standard 's list of 'Best Books about British History to Read in 2024'! Penguin Books UK Casiana Ionita standard.co.uk/shopping/esbes…

Been enjoying Milan Singh’s opinions since 2003 and now everyone can! 👇🏼

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In his new book “We are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For,” Eddie Glaude's Bookshelf argues we’ve outsourced our responsibility to democracy to politicians, prophets, and heroes — but that instead we *as individuals* should be taking steps to a freer society. He joins me 11aET. #Velshi

“The problems we face in this country seem so overwhelming,” says @ESGlaude. “But the problem right in front of your nose is what you can deal with.” In his new book, he argues the greatness we see in our leaders is in us all, and we must use it. #Velshi
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