I am finishing up a great book by the recently departed David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years. It’s got me thinking about money, credit, power, violence, separation, duress, mental illness, imperialism, thought control, anarchy, volunteer poverty, books by Charles Dickens—It’s got me thinking out loud too, to the chagrin of Rose, since she’s the only person who accepts my musings without filter, in the moment, off the cuff, instantaneous leaps from brain out mouth. I would feel so lost and alone,
Ich wünsche Dir auch ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und alles Gute im Neuen Jahr!
My judgment of your Xmas card this year is that it is something to be adored, in general, and by me, in particular.
Btw, I'll be finishing my thesis/full-length book this spring and it's looking pretty promising at this point as something that I might well be able to convince someone to publish. In the event that happens, I'm wondering if you'd be interested in being my cover artist? Let me know if such a thing interests you...
Also, I'm definitely interested in checking out Graeber's book. Is it still in print?
Yes! I would be honored. And awesome, that you anticipate a publisher!
Graeber’s book is still out there—I just bought it for my son-in-law’s Christmas gift. Also, I just got into his latest, posthumous, masterpiece, “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity”. I have never been this excited to read a book of anthropology!
I'm a sucker for the social sciences, too. I look forward to getting acquainted with Graeber. I have a recommendation for a behemoth of a social science/ history of medicine book that you might enjoy, if you haven't already read it. It's The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee. I read it in 2012 after I lost a close friend to lung cancer. It helped me process everything.
Ich wünsche Dir auch ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und alles Gute im Neuen Jahr!
My judgment of your Xmas card this year is that it is something to be adored, in general, and by me, in particular.
Btw, I'll be finishing my thesis/full-length book this spring and it's looking pretty promising at this point as something that I might well be able to convince someone to publish. In the event that happens, I'm wondering if you'd be interested in being my cover artist? Let me know if such a thing interests you...
Also, I'm definitely interested in checking out Graeber's book. Is it still in print?
Yes! I would be honored. And awesome, that you anticipate a publisher!
Graeber’s book is still out there—I just bought it for my son-in-law’s Christmas gift. Also, I just got into his latest, posthumous, masterpiece, “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity”. I have never been this excited to read a book of anthropology!
Or daughter leaves for Barcelona next week so...
Bon Nadal i feliç any Nou!
I'm a sucker for the social sciences, too. I look forward to getting acquainted with Graeber. I have a recommendation for a behemoth of a social science/ history of medicine book that you might enjoy, if you haven't already read it. It's The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee. I read it in 2012 after I lost a close friend to lung cancer. It helped me process everything.
I will put that on the docket, thank you!
Graeber talks about “Debt”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZIINXhGDcs