Alexander Shayle’s coffee grinders
Stop obsessing over heirloom seeds and let plants change
A Letter from an 18th-century Journeyman Cabinetmaker
You are not, in fact, the granddaughter of the witches they couldn’t burn
I lieu of links this week, here’s a conversation between three of my favorite writers, Richard Seymour, China Mieville, and David Bentley Hart. Topics include “dandy” prose, materialism and metaphysics, non-human intelligence, and if you stick it out to the end, a moving plea to re-enchant the world.
It’s a long conversation and technical in places, but well worth a close listening.
Thanks to Daniel Saunders for the tip.
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