Ellen Fishbein Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ellen Fishbein

9. why speak of the use of poetry? poetry is what uses us. ^ This prompt is a haiku by Hayden Carruth. Both of these images were generated in response to that same string. https://t.co/RlAuR9jpwm

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@JohnathanBi Johnathan, you're hearing Hermann Hesse's "music of decline." These pages (not consecutive) are from his Nobel-winning, semi-dystopian enigma 'The Glass Bead Game.' Too much to say for a tweet; bottom line, GBG is among *very few* novels I ever recommend, & I recommend it to you. https://t.co/EE26LEsysd

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@rroudt @iamjoshknox I know! But I didn't want to buy a book written by Neil Strauss. I could've bought The Game. I wanted a book by Rick Rubin.

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Many thanks @danielkhunter for including me among the first 20 people on your list of “indie thinkers.” It’s a real compliment because being an independent thinker (“thinking without a banister” as Hannah Arendt put it) is one of my deepest aspirations! https://t.co/6mlduutua7

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@JohnathanBi Nobody's innocent of EITHER of those things, because homo sapiens evolved to be really good at gossiping. You would love Robin Dunbar's book 'Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language'!

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@erenbali Making Movies by Sidney Lumet director of The Verdict, 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon... It's not a "business book," but a film is a product. When you see everything that goes into it, it becomes clear why the credits roll for so long! https://t.co/PKqMbJ0xcG

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A cool result of sending out my ultra-niche book: the BEST personalized reading recommendations. @PrestonWick sent Milton's Aeropagitica—which moved me deeply. 🙏 & @JosephNWalker noticed that my poems resemble those of the late mathematician Piet Hein—which was news to me! 🤩 https://t.co/3cg4e4RAc6

Ellen Fishbein

@JohnathanBi Nobody's innocent of EITHER of those things, because homo sapiens evolved to be really good at gossiping. You would love Robin Dunbar's book 'Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language'!

Ellen Fishbein

@david_perell Art Of The Deal came out in 1987 with Trump's ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, named in gold letters on the cover. But this practice has fallen out of fashion—for example, Michelle Obama's book "Becoming" was ghostwritten (Barack himself said this). Yet, only Michelle's name is on the… https://t.co/l1qNnd5rIT https://t.co/ssC3DRhcQo

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@BrendanMcKenna5 @dseemakurty @BrendanMcKenna5 is right :) @dseemakurty have you read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl? No luxuries in that story, but plenty of purpose-finding.