Archive for the ‘My Weekly Reader’ Category

Posted: March 8, 2026 in My Weekly Reader, Uncategorized

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-strange-and-twisted-life-of-frankenstein

Centuries before photography froze the world into neat frames, scientists, poets, and artists streamed transient images into dark interior spaces with the help of a camera obscura. Julie Park explores the early modern fascination with this quasi-spiritual technology and the magic, melancholy, and dream-like experiences it produced.
— Read on publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-early-modern-camera-obscura/

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/opinion/rachel-kushner-berkeley.html

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/12/19/the-sanctuary

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/opinion/henry-david-thoreau-time-crickets.html

Why Movies

Posted: August 26, 2023 in My Weekly Reader, Uncategorized

www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/magazine/carmen-de-lavallade-film.html

www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion/inequality-insecurity-economic-wealth.html