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[GA Russell]

Cannot recommend.  These are the daily strips from the 2020-2021 Covid lockdown, and most of them aren't funny.

*****

[Referentzhunter]

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I just finished this.  I found the first third or so, which covered her life up until she left the Clouds of Joy, pretty interesting.  As it continued the writing deteriorated and took on a repetitive quality.  It went on and on about Mary's efforts to get the Catholic church to let her stage religious works in church.  I don't find her religious works as interesting as her jazz work so I ended up rapidly skimming a lot of that. This is an interesting subject but the book is not terribly well written.  I have another bio of Williams, Morning Glory, on order.

https://archive.org/details/soulonsoullifemu0000kern/mode/2up

[jazzbo]

I think you'll find "Morning Glory" more involving. .. it is at least pretty well-written.

[sgcim]

"Donny Hathaway Live"33&1/3 series

[GA Russell]

OK, nothing special.

[Rabshakeh]

Reading the Kalevala for the first time. I'm not sure what I was expecting - probably more Ossian goes to Iceland. I wasn't expecting a wry Scandi Hiawatha. Really enjoying it in the Bosley translation.

[Pim]

Just finished this one. Happen to be handling Spinoza with my students these weeks as well. Together with Nietzsche Spinoza is my big philosopher hero. He was about 300 years ahead of his time. To be honest I'd say a lot people could still learn a lot from him. 

Now I am almost finishing this one. I have a very weird paradoxally feeling with it: on one hand I think it's pretty boring, on the other hand I want to keep reading it and it's very relaxing to do so. Interesting stuff... 

From wednesday I will be in Ghana for 9 days with my students. This ones coming with me:

I am really a rookie in African philosphy so time to dive into it. I am familiar with Achille Mbembe but it stops right there.

Edited 11 hours ago by Pim