OMM (On My Mind)
~ Week 3, March 2023 ~
::: Recommended Podcasts Episodes :::
· Lots of good recent episodes of The Gray Area with Sean Illing including Revisiting The American Dream, The Cost of Saving Pandas, Breaking our Family Patterns. I’m still playing catch-up and looking forward to the “Poetry as religion” episode.
· The Hidden Brain episode on ‘How Your Beliefs Shape Reality’ is super good.
· Looking forward to digging in on recent episodes of On Being with Krista Tippett
· Looking forward to listening to recent episodes of VS including those featuring Naomi Shihab Nye, Jericho Brown, and Toi Derricotte.
· Listened to a super interesting interview with Rachel Zucker from January 2021 on the podcast Writer Mother Monster
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::: Music Recommendations :::
Wish I had more to report here.
What are you getting into?
::: Literary & Arts Community News :::
Uncurated. This article by Timothy Green (Editor of Rattle) begins to tackle outdated and otherwise problematic language we continue to use in the literary and arts communities.
ONE ART has changed our Submission Guidelines to align with these new, forward-thinking ideas. We will continue to make changes as the community works together to catch up to the times and determine better language choices.
This will be an ongoing discussion.
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Rachel Zucker [on] The Poetics of Wrongness (Harper’s)
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Award for one of the best poetry twitter accounts goes to:
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Toni Morrison is memorialized on a USPS Forever Stamp
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The National Book Critics Circle has opinions on what you should read. Do you agree?
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Gen Z continues on the path of going a little luddite by moving away from e-books and advocating for their love of physical books made of real paper. Also, their love of local libraries—which is wonderful!
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“In U.S., 47% Do Not Expect Return to Pre-Pandemic Normalcy” (Gallup poll)
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Something of a Greater Good argument.
Think about the harm that is avoided by advocating for lab-grown meat (even if it creeps you out a bit).
We can adjust to changes.
Meat from real live animals is unsustainable (ethics aside).
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“Sleep snacks” are coming to a store near you.
Will they help with sleep? Experts say, probably not.
Why? Added sugar, for one. Generally, eating too close to bedtime is ill advised.
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Rotating cast of grandmothers run Staten Island restaurant. (Too cute!)
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A few National Parks to consider visiting this Spring.
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Salary requirements for Top 25 largest metro areas.
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Gen Z and dating. I think they might be on to something.
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It’s March Madness. I’m predicting Zags go all the way.
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AI Art of American Presidents looking jacked.
It’s… kinda uncomfortable.
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~ SUPER GOOD READ ~
Ok, maybe it’s a little gossipy but it’s entertaining!
Here you are now. Let me entertain you.
My Surreal Years Tutoring the Children of the Super-Rich
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On the problem of “trauma culture”
“By confusing the personal with the political, trauma culture actively prevents us from seeing the material conditions of wage labor as the proper site of political struggle.”
“Capitalists chasing falling rates of profit understood that working-class people had to be financially punished for organized labor discontent, while credentialed elites could be copiously rewarded for reshaping a world order based on free market ideology.”
This article doesn’t entirely sit well… I welcome your thoughts.
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Yo La Tengo Play Nashville Show in Drag to Protest Tennessee Bill
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You can be super like Mario… with these boots.
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ICYMI: The French Bulldog took the heavyweight belt for the #1 spot.
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In GOAT news:
Details about the wild adventures of the San Francisco City Goats (should be a new sports franchise imho).
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Among the worst places for seasonal allergies? Scranton, PA.
Should we bring this to President Biden’s attention?
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