You have lifted and continue to lift my spirits. That is an incredible gift to me. I listened just a few days ago to your conversation with Robert P. Jones - specifically about Man in the Mirror. Stunning, powerful, inspiring. Then I listened to your interview with Chris Hayes - the interviews are like the chapters in the book - each show a different side of how we, as individuals, "manage" "engage" "experience" the world. Your friend who suggested you come back to writing about the questions that are all about the America we live in, is truly a best friend who knows your gift and wants you to use it and continue to share it. Thank you, Anand.
I grew up very close to Katonah!! I wish I were there so I could attend that event. Anyway, I am glad the tour is going well. I know you don't intend to come to Dallas, but should you decide to do so, I would come to that event! Anyway, I am two-thirds of the way through "Main in the Mirror." It is a fascinating journey into aspects of our society we don't often explore. I found the chapters regarding mental illness particularly interesting, perhaps because my father was a psychiatrist when psychiatrists did talk therapy. He was the Director of the Psychiatric Division of Bellevue Hospital for a period of time and taught at NYU. He also suffered from manic depression. So reading the accounts in the book brought many thoughts to my mind regarding mental illness and how little we understand about it, not just how it affects those with the illness but everyone that person comes in contact with. It is a complicated subject. I am also still struck the immediacy of your writing, and too the diverse versions of one story, how they converge and how they stand in opposition.
Our truths are all so different, thank you for assembling them in such a cogent and empathic way. Am loving your book, but it sheds a terrifying light on the inadequacy of our news.
Just finished listening to your interview on Fresh Air while I stacked wood for the coming winter in a small rural Oregon town. It was excellent as was your first interview Tina Brown. I ordered the book early and if you don't mind, please extend my thanks to the folks at McNally who took the time to wrap the book in a rich blue tissue paper. It made the arrival of the book special.
Then I did what I often do after years of reading journal articles while in grad school and in my job. I looked at the table of contents, read the beginning and then the end and due to time commitments put it down to read later, feeling the weight of the ending. The questions that came to me as I put the book down with this limited reading was what was the make up of the jury that ends up acquitting Daniel Penny, (something I am sure is presented in the book)? And if all the circumstances of the encounter had been the same but Jordan Neely had been white and Daniel Penny had been a black marine who had intervene, how might that have changed the jury's decision? We live in a world, a country where the color of your skin plays a role in outcomes and preceptions of what and who is justified.
While the book awaits a full reading once field work and fall tasks are done, listening to your interviews, your sharing of notes to us, and my short read means that I when do, I will read more thoughtfully. Thanks for sharing. Now back to wood stacking.
Come to Boulder Colorado!! I bet Henry Bier at Boulder Book Store would
host you. I am a retailer who would love to have you but I don't think a toy
store is the best venue for you! Kind Regards, Lynne Milot
You have lifted and continue to lift my spirits. That is an incredible gift to me. I listened just a few days ago to your conversation with Robert P. Jones - specifically about Man in the Mirror. Stunning, powerful, inspiring. Then I listened to your interview with Chris Hayes - the interviews are like the chapters in the book - each show a different side of how we, as individuals, "manage" "engage" "experience" the world. Your friend who suggested you come back to writing about the questions that are all about the America we live in, is truly a best friend who knows your gift and wants you to use it and continue to share it. Thank you, Anand.
Great interview today!
I grew up very close to Katonah!! I wish I were there so I could attend that event. Anyway, I am glad the tour is going well. I know you don't intend to come to Dallas, but should you decide to do so, I would come to that event! Anyway, I am two-thirds of the way through "Main in the Mirror." It is a fascinating journey into aspects of our society we don't often explore. I found the chapters regarding mental illness particularly interesting, perhaps because my father was a psychiatrist when psychiatrists did talk therapy. He was the Director of the Psychiatric Division of Bellevue Hospital for a period of time and taught at NYU. He also suffered from manic depression. So reading the accounts in the book brought many thoughts to my mind regarding mental illness and how little we understand about it, not just how it affects those with the illness but everyone that person comes in contact with. It is a complicated subject. I am also still struck the immediacy of your writing, and too the diverse versions of one story, how they converge and how they stand in opposition.
Our truths are all so different, thank you for assembling them in such a cogent and empathic way. Am loving your book, but it sheds a terrifying light on the inadequacy of our news.
Congrats Anand! Especially like your bilĺing with Mamdani and Arundhati Roy. So glad I got to meet you in laid back Summerland. Debra
Just finished listening to your interview on Fresh Air while I stacked wood for the coming winter in a small rural Oregon town. It was excellent as was your first interview Tina Brown. I ordered the book early and if you don't mind, please extend my thanks to the folks at McNally who took the time to wrap the book in a rich blue tissue paper. It made the arrival of the book special.
Then I did what I often do after years of reading journal articles while in grad school and in my job. I looked at the table of contents, read the beginning and then the end and due to time commitments put it down to read later, feeling the weight of the ending. The questions that came to me as I put the book down with this limited reading was what was the make up of the jury that ends up acquitting Daniel Penny, (something I am sure is presented in the book)? And if all the circumstances of the encounter had been the same but Jordan Neely had been white and Daniel Penny had been a black marine who had intervene, how might that have changed the jury's decision? We live in a world, a country where the color of your skin plays a role in outcomes and preceptions of what and who is justified.
While the book awaits a full reading once field work and fall tasks are done, listening to your interviews, your sharing of notes to us, and my short read means that I when do, I will read more thoughtfully. Thanks for sharing. Now back to wood stacking.