100% of proceeds from the book benefit the public library system. Le Guin, Mary Oliver, Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, Rebecca Solnit, Elizabeth Gilbert, Shonda Rhimes, Richard Branson, Anne Lamott, David Byrne, Marina Abramović, Judy Blume, and other remarkable humans living inspired and inspiring lives. Contributions by Jane Goodall, Yo-Yo Ma, Jacqueline Woodson, Ursula K.
Thrilled to announce this labor of love 8 years in the making – a collection of original letters to children about why we read and how books shape our character by 121 of the most interesting people in our world, each illustrated by a great children’s book artist. Read the prelude at the link, or by clicking the cover.Ī Velocity of Being: Letters to A Young Reader Maria Popova, Claudia Bedrick Among them are the astronomer Maria Mitchell, who paved the way for women in science the sculptor Harriet Hosmer, who did the same in art the journalist and literary critic Margaret Fuller, who sparked the feminist movement and the poet Emily Dickinson.Įmanating from these lives are larger questions about the measure of a good life and what it means to leave a lasting mark of betterment on an imperfect world: Are achievement and acclaim enough for happiness? Is genius? Is love? Weaving through the narrative is a set of peripheral figures-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Herman Melville, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Walt Whitman-and a tapestry of themes spanning music, feminism, the history of science, the rise and decline of religion, and how the intersection of astronomy, poetry, and Transcendentalist philosophy fomented the environmental movement.
Stretching between these figures is a cast of artists, writers, and scientists-mostly women, mostly queer-whose public contribution have risen out of their unclassifiable and often heartbreaking private relationships to change the way we understand, experience, and appreciate the universe. The Snail with the Right Heart Maria Popova (author) & Pin Zhu (illustrator)Ī love story, a science story, a story about the poetry of existence, about time and chance, genetics and gender, life and death, evolution and infinity, about not mistaking difference for defect, about recognizing diversity as nature’s wellspring of resilience and beauty.įiguring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries-beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement. A visual way to explore the brain pickings book archive :: otlet's shelf theme :: back to brain pickingsĬREATIVITY :: DESIGN :: SCIENCE :: HISTORY :: PSYCHOLOGY :: ART
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