What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Artist’s Palette’ by Alexandra Loske

What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Artist’s Palette’ by Alexandra Loske
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Updated 08 November 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Artist’s Palette’ by Alexandra Loske

What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Artist’s Palette’ by Alexandra Loske

What can the palette an artist used or depicted tell us about their artistic process, preferences, and finished works? From traditional wooden boards to paint pots, ceramic plates, and studio walls, these deceptively simple yet potent tools provide vital evidence. “The Artist’s Palette” presents 50 unique palettes alongside paintings by the celebrated artists who used them, gathering expert analysis of color, brushstroke, and technique to offer new histories of these artists and their work.


What We Are Reading Today: The Anxious Generation by Johathan Levy

What We Are Reading Today: The Anxious Generation by Johathan Levy
Updated 27 March 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: The Anxious Generation by Johathan Levy

What We Are Reading Today: The Anxious Generation by Johathan Levy

In “The Anxious Generation,” Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time.  Haidt diagnoses the “collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood.


What We Are Reading Today: Atrocity by Bruce Robbin

What We Are Reading Today: Atrocity by Bruce Robbin
Updated 26 March 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Atrocity by Bruce Robbin

What We Are Reading Today: Atrocity by Bruce Robbin

Bruce Robbins’ “Atrocity” explores the literary representations of mass violence and traces the emergence of a cosmopolitan recognition of atrocity.

What is achieved is a profound exploration of the emergence of abhorrence and indignation in the face of mass violence and a critical examination of the conditions for the emergence of cosmopolitanism — the ability to look at your own nation with the critical eyes of a stranger.


What We Are Reading Today: Gentle by Courtney Carver

What We Are Reading Today: Gentle by Courtney Carver
Updated 25 March 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Gentle by Courtney Carver

What We Are Reading Today: Gentle by Courtney Carver

Courtney Carver’ “Gentle” is the “don’t do it all” self-help book you need to live with less stress and more ease, less overwhelm and more joy.

Grounded in self-compassion and a fierce commitment to less, becoming “Gentle” isn’t about taking the easy road.

It’s a practice of real self-care that, over time, will soothe your nervous system and strengthen your relationships.


What We Are Reading Today: Nationalism: A World History by Eric Storm

What We Are Reading Today: Nationalism: A World History by Eric Storm
Updated 25 March 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Nationalism: A World History by Eric Storm

What We Are Reading Today: Nationalism: A World History by Eric Storm

The current rise of nationalism across the globe is a reminder that we are not, after all, living in a borderless world of virtual connectivity.

In “Nationalism,” historian Eric Storm sheds light on contemporary nationalist movements by exploring the global evolution of nationalism, beginning with the rise of the nation-state in the 18th century through the revival of nationalist ideas in the present day.


What We Are Reading Today: Lost Realms by Thomas Williams

What We Are Reading Today: Lost Realms by Thomas Williams
Updated 23 March 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Lost Realms by Thomas Williams

What We Are Reading Today: Lost Realms by Thomas Williams

In “Lost Realms,” Thomas Williams focuses on nine kingdoms representing every corner of the island of Britain.

From the Scottish Highlands to the Cornish coastline, from the Welsh borders to the Thames Estuary, Williams uncovers the forgotten life and untimely demise of realms that hover in the twilight between history and fable. 

This is a book about those lands and peoples who fell by the wayside: the lost realms of early medieval Britain.