Open Tabs #2
Books, newsletters, art, articles and audio for April 2024
A collection what I’ve read and dove into this month - 70 recommendations in total. My messages are open for recommendations, reflections and open conversation! Cover photo from the Mershy site (below)
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BOOKS IN MY HANDS
Heaven Is A Place On Earth by Adrian Shirk
“And so, every single tiny time a community in the United States doe or makes something utopian - something that was supposed to be impossible under the current paradigm, that had all rational forms of power stacked against it, but did the thing anyway - little fissures form in the veneer of imperial control that reveal the current of real freedom that runs hotly beneath it.” (9)
Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation, by Nuar Alsadir
“Only with wide-awake adaptability and the living pliableness of a human being - movement - will you connect with yourself and give others a way to connect with you.” (154)
WRITING & POETRY
From the River To The Sea by Samer Abu Hawwash & translated by Huda Fakhreddine
A Burst Of Light: Audre Lorde on Turning Fear Into Fire from the Marginalian
I Am Much Too Alone In This World, Yet Not Alone by Rainer Maria Rilke
Hurry, Slowly from the Unsupervised substack