I wanted to open up a space for folks to discuss the things that they’re reading—whether that’s books, articles, short stories, magazines, or whatever!
Here’s what I just finished reading:
World of Fairs: The Century-of-Progress Expositions, by Robert W. Rydell
You can find it for free on the Internet Archive. It’s a fascinating, revealing read. I’ve typed up some of my notes, selected quotations, and annotations in the book’s entry on the Angry Education Workers zotero library.
I have read Heather Shumaker's book It's OK NOT to Share, it's a book that made me feel affirmed as a person with Asperger's and PDA or ODD as it used to be called. A lot of the renegade rules in that book now make sense to me and address things I needed mentally and emotionally. A lot of rules that make sense to parents don't make kids feel safe, confident, creative, or independent. Other books I would love to read are Alfie Kohn's Punished by Rewards and Myth of the Spoiled Child and Bullshit Jobs.
Another book that is important to me is The Biography of Tubist and Teacher Arnold Jacobs, Song and Wind. The book's title refers to his philosophy of how musicians play, Song is all the mental, emotional, and cognitive factors of playing and Wind is all the physical, biological, and mechanics of playing an instrument. Like Yin and Yang, one can't work without the other.
A good way to shorten your list is by listening to the book in audio so you can listen to it bit by bit or catch up on missing parts. For all the self help nonsense out there, there’s a podcast called If Books Could Kill and I wish these books could be next on their chopping block.
Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
The Energy Bus or All of Jon Gordons books
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Pele
The self-help genre is some trash, frankly. It’s no surprise that they’ve been pushed so hard that they’re some of the most popular books out there. We need collective spaces and collective support, not putting more and more on already burned out and exploited individuals.
Currently reading Late Fascism by Alberto Toscano. Great so far if maybe a slightly irritating writing style, really good archive work on the author's part.
Just finished Solidarity Unionism by Staughton Lynd! Definitely my kinda philosophy.
I've never read it cover to cover, I definitely need to sit down and make that happen soon.
I have read Heather Shumaker's book It's OK NOT to Share, it's a book that made me feel affirmed as a person with Asperger's and PDA or ODD as it used to be called. A lot of the renegade rules in that book now make sense to me and address things I needed mentally and emotionally. A lot of rules that make sense to parents don't make kids feel safe, confident, creative, or independent. Other books I would love to read are Alfie Kohn's Punished by Rewards and Myth of the Spoiled Child and Bullshit Jobs.
Another book that is important to me is The Biography of Tubist and Teacher Arnold Jacobs, Song and Wind. The book's title refers to his philosophy of how musicians play, Song is all the mental, emotional, and cognitive factors of playing and Wind is all the physical, biological, and mechanics of playing an instrument. Like Yin and Yang, one can't work without the other.
https://windsongpress.com/product/arnold-jacobs-song-and-wind/
https://heathershumaker.com/book/its-ok-not-to-share/
https://www.alfiekohn.org/punished-rewards/
https://www.alfiekohn.org/myth-spoiled-child/
These all look fascinating. God my reading list is way too long!
A good way to shorten your list is by listening to the book in audio so you can listen to it bit by bit or catch up on missing parts. For all the self help nonsense out there, there’s a podcast called If Books Could Kill and I wish these books could be next on their chopping block.
Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
The Energy Bus or All of Jon Gordons books
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Pele
The self-help genre is some trash, frankly. It’s no surprise that they’ve been pushed so hard that they’re some of the most popular books out there. We need collective spaces and collective support, not putting more and more on already burned out and exploited individuals.
Currently reading Late Fascism by Alberto Toscano. Great so far if maybe a slightly irritating writing style, really good archive work on the author's part.
Adding this to my reading list!