|

 |
- Gideon Lewis-Kraus’s hilarious, wandering travelogue is filled with brilliant philosophical observations even as its author loses most of his toenails. [1 of 3]
|
 |
| |
 |
today’s Very Short List: culture 8 May 2012
by Andrew Leland, co-editor of The Believer. He also helps out with the True/False Film Festival. WEBSITE TWITTER
|
|
| |
 |
- The wisest and most charming character in the book—aside from Tom Bissell (see his very funny critique in GQ)—is the artist David Levine. [2 of 3]
|
 |
| |
 |
- Walking across Spain, GL-K quotes a few apt lines from Ashbery’s “Soonest Mended.” The poem, and this book, are both worth traversing in full. [3 of 3]
|
 |
| |
- Images (in order): Sense of Direction cover; Hopeful, by David Levine via François Ghebaly Gallery; photo by Gideon Lewis-Kraus.
|
| |
|
|
very short list is a delightful e-mail that shares cultural gems from a different curator every day.

Subscribe Forward My Account Unsubscribe

tech 7 May 2012
Morgan Clendaniel On The Anthropocene

food 4 May 2012
Patrick James On 'Garbology'

design 3 May 2012
Nicola Twilley On 'Kingdom Under Glass' And Dioramas
|