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Cheryl's avatar

I wish I’d seen that one 25 years ago! I was a new-ish mom with a toddler and a newborn when that came out, so small wonder I missed it. (But we had a subscription to the AJC, so…)

Hands down, the Honest Broker’s “immersive Humanities course,” which I’m 18 weeks into and starting Week 19’s Bhagavad Gita today. I have appreciated the structure, starting with Plato and moving through the ancient world. Since it’s only a year, I can see a finish line of sorts, although now it feels a little like I’ll only be getting to the end of the beginning.

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C.D. Landreth's avatar

I look to Harold Bloom's "The Western Canon" for reading inspiration from time to time.

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Erik Rostad's avatar

I just got that recently. I need to thumb through it.

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ChristineB's avatar

Any chance you’ve digitized that list?

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Erik Rostad's avatar

No, I haven't. Just those photos.

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Lene's avatar

I was not even a year old when that list was in the newspaper! My first "list" I started reading of off was either 1001 to read before you die, or the "Rory Gilmore reading challenge" (all the books, mostly classics, in the background of Gilmore Girls)

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