My friend Caroline and I took a field trip to the Donelson branch of the Nashville Public Library, newly renovated. The Dollar Tree was practically next door, along with several unremarkable strip malls. The Library itself took our breath away…
I picked up a book for its title, “Things in Nature Merely Grow.” I liked its green ombré cover in shades of moss and was familiar with the author, Yiyun Li. Soon I felt both horror and awe: this is the book Li wrote…
“Wabi Sabi” is a small and lovely book that feels good in the hand – and the heart. Beth Kempton, an Englishwoman, has spent much of her life enchanted with Japanese culture. In this 2018 book, she tries to explain…