Austin Kleon

I have somehow missed John McPhee’s “Tabula Rasa” project — his “false starts” which are better than anything I will ever finish — collected in the New Yorker (like his “quilt” of pieces in THE PATCH) https://t.co/Ccc1QbDr55

Austin Kleon

“Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” I picked up Frank Herbert’s Dune this week and it’s basically the perfect novel for August in Texas.

Austin Kleon

Re-watched MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING last night (really delightful) and this morning reading Iris Murdoch’s THE SEA, THE SEA — somehow a perfect pairing for my mood? https://t.co/xnlvBy0RnF

Austin Kleon

9. The history of our boomer parents in @annehelen’s CAN’T EVEN: HOW MILLENNIALS BECAME THE BURNOUT GENERATION. https://t.co/wavRRPRWzH

Austin Kleon

The best thing I read this week was Kurt Vonnegut’s Timequake…The ending, set under the stars at a clambake, is particularly beautiful. Ting-a-ling.

Austin Kleon

Anybody need 350 words on BAD SANTA through the lens of William James’ THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE? I wrote them for another project that didn’t pan out. (If not, I’ll just put them on my blog 😂) https://t.co/qTpIBxC2fG

Austin Kleon

I think this is cartoonist Box Brown’s best book yet — well-researched, perfectly paced, clean lines, and fun drawings. It’s especially relevant to the nostalgia-driven Hollywood of the moment.

Austin Kleon

Her most recent book, Small Things Like These, had me in tears at 3 A.M. Only 80 pages, but packs the punch of 400.

Austin Kleon

I’ve been tearing through Will Hermes’ forthcoming biography, Lou Reed: The King of New York, which is pretty much exactly the book I wanted it to be: the same kind of kaleidoscopic page-turning collage as Love Goes To Buildings On Fire, just focused on a new subject.

Austin Kleon

I read Aristotle’s NICHOMACHEAN ETHICS recently — here’s a New Yorker piece on a new updated abridgment and translation. I like how Aristotle locates virtue in between two vices. Genuinely helpful to me. https://t.co/YeaKaKZtpr https://t.co/6FF6yJzmcd