Christopher Knight Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Christopher Knight

Mortality buzzes in the quotidian atmosphere of Kevin Beasley's quietly involving debut exhibition at Regen Projects. Raw Virginia cotton encased in clear resin is formed into a modern bathtub as sleek as a Brancusi sculpture. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-05-17/kevin-beasley-resin-art-regen-projects

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"Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) was awarded the current interest prize for “Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could”... Judges called Schiff’s personal narrative “brilliant, sobering, and unforgettable.”" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-04-22/veronique-tadjo-diane-seuss-adam-schiff-among-winners-of-the-l-a-times-book-prizes

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Don’t give Sam Alito, Ron DeSantis and Josh “Manhood” Hawley any ideas. https://t.co/Gp1pQfZ8W8

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Ayn Rand's junk novel "Atlas Shrugged" is an anti-vaxxer bible. Bad art causes problems. https://t.co/yiQQ1Prpp0

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The reason "there is no mention of Ono in Linda Nochlin’s seminal 1971 essay 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists'?” is that the essay deals with historical, not contemporary, art. It's a call to examine history's substructure, not a slight to Ono. https://t.co/QHL2RCwQvo

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White Christian nationalism may be the most important under-reported story right now. Robert P. Jones’ “White Too Long,” on the white supremacy legacy of American Christianity, is essential reading. https://twitter.com/robertpjones/status/1507399692723892225

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The reason "there is no mention of Ono in Linda Nochlin’s seminal 1971 essay 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists'?” is that the essay deals with historical, not contemporary, art. It's a call to examine history's substructure, not a slight to Ono. https://t.co/QHL2RCwQvo

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@TimTateBooks @emptywheel Sorry, but that’s a pipe dream. The firehose of falsehoods sprayed by a pathological narcissist cannot be usefully fact-checked in real time. Not only does the tactic defy it, CNN was presenting an entertainment rally, not journalism. See Mehdi Hasan’s “Win Every Argument.”

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@Sephspeaks As Gore Vidal put it: “Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality…. To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil.”

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1964 is also the year that crank libertarian and third-rate writer Ayn Rand published “The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism” https://t.co/g931vXnv1d