1. Yuval Nosh Harari’s Nexus
Harari asks, “How is it that we have the most sophisticated information technology in history and we can no longer hold the conversation? We can no longer talk with each other.”
2. Richard Powers’ Playground (Booker Prize Finalist)
Full disclosure: each book he writes, I read. This will not be an exception and in what I have read I wonder if this will not be a return to his interest in climate.
3. Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake (Booker Prize Finalist)
A friend is reading this now and via her enthusiastic recommendation, it’s now on my list. I hear it’s a spy story and of course, more.
4. Eavan Bolsnd’s Citizen Poet
I adored this Irish poet’s poetry and was so sad when she passed. This is a collection of essays. Cannot wait to dig in.
5. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Message
Three essays on writing and the need to disentangle ourselves with nationalism. I’ve enjoyed all of his former books like so many.
I 6. Haruki Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Like Powers, this is an author ✍️ I read. Kind of like an immediate default. I can’t wait to see where we travel. This was published in Japan in April. Will be published in English this December.
