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Teju Cole Reminds Us of Life Beyond Politics, and the Beauty of Art
- brennen 10y agoThis is great stuff.
- grownseed 10y agoI attended an event called "We The City" in Vancouver last year where Teju Cole gave a talk. He was, in my opinion, a far more interesting speaker than the others. He's what I suppose I would refer to as a pragmatic artist, he's extremely knowledgeable, yet humble and composed, which somewhat contrasted with the other artists present who, while sorta nice, felt pretty shallow. I've read some of his essays from "Known and Strange Things" and I would highly recommend them, they're genuinely insightful.
- neaden 10y agoIf you haven't read them I really reccomend his small fates or fait divers that he has written: http://www.tejucole.com/other-words/small-fates http://www.tejucole.com/other-words/small-fates or here: http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/dtake/i-dont-normally-do-this-kind-of-thing-45-small-fates/ http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/dtake/i-dont-normally-do-this...
- grownseed 10y agoThank you so much for sharing!
- johnfjacobi 10y agoThis guy is excellent. I recommend his first novel, "We the City," and you might also want to check out a literary form he renamed and whose revival he spearheaded, "small fates." http://www.tejucole.com/other-words/small-fates/ http://www.tejucole.com/other-words/small-fates/
- hackaflocka 10y agoHis "Unmournable Bodies" essay in New Yorker shook me to my core.