The stream I go a-fishing in

In this week's newsletter: time, fish, cats, soul, and more...

In this week's newsletter: time, fish, cats, soul, and more... View this email in your browser Hey y'all, Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing this week:  "Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in."   Books: I'm reading a wild, short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal called Too Loud a Solitude. The mail has started arriving again after last week's storm, and I suddenly have a fantastic to-read pile: the new printing of Brian Eno's diary, a Rosie Lee Tompkins catalog from BAMPFA, the second volume of Jason Polan's Every Person in New York, Dave Hickey's Perfect Wave, an old book of Frasconi's woodcuts, and a galley of Vicious Nonsense, a collection of literary put-downs from writers.    Worth re-reading: Ursula K. Le Guin's translation of the Tao Te Ching.   The good enough parent. (Feel free to send this to a parent who needs it.)   Rumaan Alam (author of the smash novel, Leave the World Behind) interviewed me about creativity for Slate's Working podcast.   I'm interested in prayer as an art form, so it was fun to watch Mary Karr interview James Martin on the subject.     Eye candy: I highly recommend the documentary Mr. Soul! and Shout Factory's archive of full-length Soul! episodes. It's an incredible trove: Nikki Giovanni interviewing James Baldwin, Bill Withers, Al Green, Miriam Makeba and The Delfonics, and more.    I'm not really a cat person (or a dog person, for that matter), but I had a laugh at this philosopher on why cats rule and how Garfield can help you make peace with a culture in decline.   Take me back to the canyon.    RIP Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Thanks for reading. This newsletter is free, but not cheap. To show your support, you can forward it to someone who'd like it, listen to the new audiobook trilogy (or get the books in paperback), shop for some of my favorite gear (I get a cut), buy a t-shirt, or hire me to speak. If you're seeing this newsletter for the first time, you can read previous issues and subscribe here. xoxo,  Austin Austin Kleon is the author of Steal Like An Artist and other books. Subscribe to this newsletter   Copyright © 2021 Austin Kleon, All rights reserved. My mailing address is: Austin Kleon 1101 W 34th St Box #102 Austin, TX 78705 Please read this before sending me snail mail! You're getting this email because you signed up for it at austinkleon.com. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Amazon Affiliate links offset the cost of sending these missives. Support your local bookstore if you have one.