Today I learned the word “opusculum” from Hernan Diaz—something less than a novella even, a “minor literary work”—and now I feel immense relief that one can just claim the modesty for a project up front. www.nytimes.com/2023/05/1…
Just half the haul from U Chicago Press I got to pick for doing peer review. 🙌
We got some shirts designed for our son’s Unified track team. Today was the state meet. If you have Unified near you, allow me to recommend it: kids with and without disabilities playing together. A natural evolution of Soecial Olympics.
Design is commitment + provisionality. sarahendren.substack.com/p/design-…
I have an essay in Elizabeth Guffey’s new book, After Universal Design. On Carl Sagan, wonder and skepticism, and lessons learned from social practice and critical design.
“Women, the ancient lie, the unattainable mystery, / the apple high on paradisal branches, / the history of heaven and hell, of fall and pardon; / innocence unmasked in God’s own Garden.” Gilbert ends with an affirmation: “Nuns are the fictions / by whom we verify the usual contradictions.” via Micah Mattix: https://themillions.com/2023/05/the-literary-lives-of-mid-century-nuns.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Everyone gets a double major: engineering and history. That’s it. That’s all we offer… sarahendren.com/2023/05/1…