Movie: RBG – Julie Cohen and Betsy West
Memoir: Negroland – Margo Jefferson
TV: Imposters – Paul Adelstein and Adam Brooks
Fiction: Magpie Murders – Anthony Horowitz
Ancient Inspiration:
“The work is quite feasible, and is the only thing in our power…. Let go of the past. We must only begin. Believe me and you will see.” – Epictetus, Discourses, 2.19.29-34
Fiction: The Talented Ribkins –– Ladee Hubbard
Workshop: Undoing Racism — The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
Parenting: Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do To Raise Successful, Creative, Empathetic and Independent Children — Marjorie Ingall
History: Operation Mincemeat — Ben Macintyre
TV: Capital — BBC via Acorn via Amazon
Ancient Inspiration:
“Difficulties are things that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil. No man, in my opinion, has a more profitable difficulty on his hands than you have, provided you will but use it, as an athletic champion uses his antagonist.”
Epictetus, Discourses, Book 1, Chapter 24.
Graphic Novel: Dragons Beware — Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado
Fiction: Capital: a Novel — John Lanchester
Memoir: I See You Made an Effort — Annabelle Gurwitch
Non-Fiction: The 48 Laws of Power — Robert Greene
Music: Bossa Nova Soul Samba — Ike Quebec
TV: Annika Bengtzon, Crime Reporter — Amazon video.
Ancient Inspiration: “If you’re irritable, man, train yourself to put up with abuse, and not get upset when you’re insulted.” Epictetus, Discourses.
Valerie Block 