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bell hooks on Love

June 9, 2020November 13, 2020 Neriman K., PhD

“When we choose to love we choose to move against fear-against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect-to find ourselves in the other.” Continue reading bell hooks on Love

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Reading good books, preparing a writing class on refugees and global displacement, and enjoying the unseasonable Fall weather. I love how organic it can be to feel fulfilled —when you’re a “nerd” :) I’m going to be one of those academics for a second. Please bear with me :) But I am beyond excited about this new Routledge collection that is coming out tomorrow, August 8th! The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World’s Happiest People (2017) by Meik Wiking is such a delight— I’ve been reading it for half an hour in the mornings and for another half right before bed. It’s filled with inspirational lines, scientifically corroborated data, case studies, and lively photographs that help unpack what happiness connotes. I’ll probably be sharing more from this little, lovely book. Life is a little chaotic at the moment so no better time to go book-shopping. Only fellow book lovers can understand the  joy and comfort adopting new books can bring :) Mina Seçkin’s The Four Humors has been the perfect companion this month—it is dark yet witty, and relatable. I’m only halfway through it, since I’m in the middle of a move, which allows me to savor lines like this. One of the many wonderful things about teaching is that you get to have some time in the summer to read and write. Starting Turkish American Mina Seçkin’s The Four Humors (2021) for my next manuscript project 🤎 Have you ever run a search for “best Turkish books” or “books to read by Turkish writers”? It’s graduation season, and my PhD graduationversary is bittersweet— after having worked extremely hard for five years, I couldn’t walk and celebrate because of the pandemic in 2020, and my defense was online  so it will always be bittersweet, but at least I was able to wear my gown :) Happy graduation to everyone who’s done it!! Now that I’m finished with grading student papers, I’m quite excited to jump back into intense reading and writing sessions —one of the reasons why I cherish summer!! After Ozeki’s dense novel, I’m ready to move on to a quick read.

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