FiveBooks Newsletter 129
Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The Browser.
FiveBooks weekly newsletter: Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The Browser.
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Sophie King on Creative Writing
Friday December 14
The author and creative writing teacher tells us where to go for tips on finding one's voice, grabbing readers' attention and getting published Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sophie-king-on-creative-writing)
Clarence B Jones on The Best Speeches of All Time
Thursday December 13
The friend and adviser to Martin Luther King Jr, who contributed to the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, tells us how great speeches come about and what they can mean Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/clarence-b-jones-on-best-speeches-all-time)
Susan Gelman on Essentialism
Wednesday December 12
Putting people and things into categories is something we all do. It’s a useful shortcut but reveals biases. And it plays a role in everything from ethnic violence to childhood development, as psychologist Susan Gelman explains Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/susan-gelman-on-essentialism)
Uta Frith on Autism
Tuesday December 11
The author of "Autism and Talent" and "Autism in History" puts her subject into historical context and tells us why studying the development of the mind continues to fascinate her Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/uta-frith-on-autism)
Philip Plait on the Wonders of the Universe
Monday December 10
The astronomer and author of the acclaimed Bad Astronomy blog gives us a superbly informative beginner’s guide to the galaxy, taking in the birthdate of the universe, solar flares and much, much more Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philip-plait-on-wonders-universe)
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Best of the Moment
In Rust Belt, A Teenager’s Climb From Poverty
Anne Hull | Washington Post | 9 December 2012
Tabitha Rouzzo, 17, was dealt a poor hand in life. She is determined through hard work and sheer effort to get out of the circumstances in which she grew up. But leaving poverty is tougher than it once was in America (h/t D Lippman) More like this (http://thebrowser.com/best)
Featured Topic
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Conflict in Syria
The Syrian conflict is causing terrible destruction and loss of life. This report charts how protests against the Assad regime descended into a bitter war Read on (http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts)
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
Robert Macfarlane says (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-macfarlane-on-wild-places) : "It’s an investigation into how we imagine place and how place imagines us. It changed my life and really made me become a writer, if any one book did" FiveBooks Archive (http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks)
Video of the Week
The Cave. Plato's Allegory In Clay
(http://thebrowser.com/videos/cave-platos-allegory-clay)
Classic. If only one YouTube video survives the Mayan apocalypse, let it be this one More videos (http://thebrowser.com/videos)
Quote of the Week
Teller, on choice (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Teller-Reveals-His-Secrets.html)
“If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely. This is one of the darkest of all psychological secrets”
More quotes (http://thebrowser.com/quotations)
Reader Recommendations
@RottenInDenmark RT @longreads "Homies: What Happened to Everyone I Went to Middle School With?" t.co/UEcmJjYu #browsings (https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings) More like this (http://thebrowser.com/browsings)