A Look at July Through Literature
Whether its the heat of July or the fire inside all of us this year, we’re seeing tides of change in our country. With anything in life, we can turn to literature, like the titles you’ll find in this month’s newsletter. You can continue to find my full list of recommendations here, which will be updated as I add more.
As expedition journals go, this one gives one of the biggest votes in favor of risk-taking, taking the plunge and biting off more than we can chew. Darwin's dad called the undertaking crazy and pointless, but didn't stand in his way. Fifteen years later came The Origin of Species.
This book contains a novelist's short story, "Sonny's Blues", that gives us the illusion we are spending many years in the presence of the characters and watching three generations of a family live, grow old and die. But really the story has no beginning.
Back in 1930, Spengler said something unpopular and unwelcome about the West. In doing so, he was referring to his own German culture as well as all Western nations and America. We didn't want to listen then and maybe don't want to now, but he predicted WWII so maybe he's worth a second look.
Salinger was among the first in American literature to sound the alarm about the growing mental distresses of an entire generation of young people questioning the inequalities and injustices of the system.
For any new readers: My new novel, Tania the Revolutionary, is available on Amazon for Kindle and paperback or Barnes & Noble for eBook.