For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] Threes have very big goals, and they are driven enough to meet them with success each time. These people love to challenge themselves, develop their skills, and motivate others to great achievement as well. People often look up to threes because they are visibly successful and inspiring. This can be a pitfall for threes, … Read more
[ad_1] Burning Worlds is Amy Brady’s monthly column dedicated to examining how contemporary literature interrogates issues of climate change, in partnership with Yale Climate Connections. Subscribe to her monthly newsletter to get “Burning Worlds” and other writing about art and climate change delivered straight to your inbox. Called the “greatest political novelist” of our time by the New Yorker, … Read more
[ad_1] Twos care deeply about the people around them, and they genuinely find joy in giving. This type places a high value on love and relationships. They are always thinking about how they can demonstrate their affection for other people through their generosity. They are sensitive and empathetic, but they can get caught in a … Read more
[ad_1] The following is an excerpt from Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel The Ministry for the Future. It is a work of fiction. Courtesy of Hachette Book Group. Following the great Indian heat wave, the emergency meeting of the Paris Agreement signatories was fraught indeed. The Indian delegation arrived in force, and their leader Chandra Mukajee … Read more
[ad_1] Ones are people of great integrity. They always strive to live out their values through their actions, because it’s important to them to complete a personal mission that they feel will improve the world around them. Ones tend to be both rational and idealistic, using practical steps to achieve their passions. They are principled … Read more
[ad_1] The many hauntings of a mother’s body coalesce in Hinge, a new poetry collection by Molly Spencer. With stories ranging from the ancient myths of Persephone and Demeter to the modern folklore of Peter Pan, Hinge examines a girl’s dreams alongside a mother’s fears. In Spencer’s poetry, pain is chronic in the body, persistent … Read more
[ad_1] The Enneagram is a personality test that matches people with variations of nine different types, which are meant to be explored as a way of understanding your core desires, patterns of thought and action, and areas for growth. While everyone has a basic type that they return to throughout life, there is room for … Read more
[ad_1] In 1902 at The Brookhants School for Girls, The Story of Mary MacLane is found on the bodies of Flo and Clara, two girls, in love, stung to death by yellow jackets in an apple orchard. The little red book mysteriously disappears, only to be found again and again by the women who need … Read more
[ad_1] This Virtual Night returns us to “The Outworlds,” C.S. Friedman’s quietly intriguing science-fictional universe. The world Friedman painted in 1998’s This Alien Shore, a cyberpunk-flavored space adventure, felt ahead of its time: entire cultures built around physical and mental diversity, with strange and evocative embellishments. In this future, humanity settled distant planets using a … Read more
[ad_1] Marc Kelly Smith, nicknamed “Slam Papi,” founded international slam poetry in the 1980s when he started the monumental Uptown Poetry Slam series at the Green Mill. Each Sunday night, he attracted misfits and poets from across Chicago and its suburbs to exchange words, including the likes of Gwendolyn Brooks and Patricia Smith, who provides … Read more