Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-03-03
Books mentioned on The Art of Noticing – and Appreciating – Our Dizzying World
Ezra Klein recommended Nine Gates by Jane Hirshfield and Ten Windows by Jane Hirshfield. Jane Hirschfield recommended Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and others, Less than one by Joseph Brodsky, and The fire next time by James Baldwin, and discussed Shadow Work by Ivan Illich, Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and the two culture and the scientific revolution by C.P. Snow.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Nine Gates
Nine Gates by Jane Hirshfield is a collection of essays that explores the art, craft, and mind of poetry.
Recommended“and if you're intimidated by poetry I really recommend these nine Gates entering the mind of poetry and ten Windows how great poems transform the world”
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Ten Windows
Ten Windows by Jane Hirshfield is an essay collection that examines how great poems have the power to transform the world.
Recommended“and if you're intimidated by poetry I really recommend these nine Gates entering the mind of poetry and ten Windows how great poems transform the world”
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Shadow Work
Discussed“um the wonderful thinker Yvonne Ilitch wrote a book called Shadow work some decades ago where he talked about all of the unacknowledged laborers that sustain communities and what actually happens in the world”
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Flow
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a psychological masterpiece that explores the state of optimal experience, immersion, and deep engagement where challenges perfectly match an individual's skill level, resulting in profound fulfillment and distorted perceptions of time.
Discussed“there's The Marvelous book um by mihai chick sent me high called flow that probably many of your listeners know”
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the two culture and the scientific revolution
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution by C.P.
Discussed“CP Snow's book about the two cultures”
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Metaphors We Live By
Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson is an influential academic text that investigates how everyday human thought and language are fundamentally shaped by conceptual metaphors.
Recommended“one is a book called metaphors we live by by George lakov and Mark Johnson”
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Less than one
Less Than One by Joseph Brodsky is a critically acclaimed collection of essays written by the exiled Russian poet and Nobel laureate, offering profound reflections on literature, politics, exile, and the human condition.
Recommended“so the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky has a book of essays less than one and one long chapter in that essay is a close reading of the poem September 1st 1939 by Auden”
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The fire next time
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin is a searing and brilliant collection of essays examining race, religion, and American identity through letters and personal reflection.
Recommended“the next one just because I reread it and felt it was indispensable and invaluable and has not been surpassed for its Clarity of seeing combined with an absolute commitment to affection for our fellow human beings James Baldwin the fire next time”
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