In 2018 I bought the essay book: “What if this were enough?” written by Heather Havrilesky. By reading it, I have learned that the author was a well-known columnist at “The Cut,” and while working there, she received lots of letters…
When I discovered the writer Wendy Walker, I became instantly addicted to her words. Her stories keep me breathless while reading them. I am overwhelmed by the depth with which she’s explaining us, the readers, her characters and the relationships between…
“…I see women who dehumanize themselves, who treat themselves as though they’re pieces of meat. They objectify themselves. And as if that’s not bad enough, they don’t even do it for themselves, they usually do it for someone else: for a…
Pamela Druckerman wrote “Lust in translation”, a book about adultery around the globe. When I finished reading it, I understood that adultery is a <<National sport>> in almost every country. “Finns aren’t ambivalent about sex. They see it as a…
Reading “Grit” by Angela Duckworth, I finally understood that Michael Jordan had grit. “Grit has two components: passion and perseverance. Grit isn’t just working incredibly hard. Grit is about working on something you care about so much that you’re willing to…
At twenty-two years old, Amaryllis Fox was recruited by the CIA. While she was doing her master at Georgetown University, after she graduated from Oxford University, Amaryllis Fox developed an algorithm for predicting terrorist activity. I was impressed to find out…
Catherine the Great is recognized for her progressist rulership, but she is also known for the large number of lovers she took outside of her marriage. You have to take into consideration that eight years after her marriage, she was still…
“Dear child, the house pines when you leave. I research whether there is any bird who grieves over its empty nest. Your vacant room is a still-life framed by the unclosed door; read by sunlight, an open book on the floor.…
“My beloved wife, I suffered while I was writing these misnamed “sonnets; they hurt me and caused me grief, but the happiness I feel in offering them to you is vast as a savanna.” PABLO NERUDA (1959) XI “I…
“There was an increasing obsession with the problem of age and how to avoid it personally, through diet, exercise, chemical formulas, plastic surgery, moisturizing creams, psychological defences, and outright denial– as early and as long as possible”. Nobody prepared me to…
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