eva k. barbarossaThe Adelphi Project: Some important thoughts on the beauty of this work.It’s strange to have written so little about The Adelphi Project in the past year. Having read 341 books or so (a few more now), and having…Dec 13, 2016Dec 13, 2016
eva k. barbarossaThe Adelphi Project: A few stand-out books from the past yearI started this project a year ago, end of October 2015, with just the thought that it would be interesting to read all the books in the…Dec 6, 20163Dec 6, 20163
eva k. barbarossaThe Adelphi Project — Reading the CatalogOr “Why I am reading 653 books to follow the path of an Italian publishing house”Aug 5, 20169Aug 5, 20169
eva k. barbarossaDutchThe Tusty is an old ship. She runs the Aleutian route for the Alaska Marine Highway. She was constructed in 1964, and though she has been…Jul 1, 2016Jul 1, 2016
eva k. barbarossaThe stories that came beforeI get off the ferry in the relentless drizzle. Again, I had been the only non-local on the boat, eliciting many a sideways glance from the…Apr 26, 20161Apr 26, 20161
eva k. barbarossaThe “Lost” Language of FaroeseYesterday I found a lovely reminiscence by Eric Wilson of his time with Steinbjørn Jacobsen, a Faroese poet, and his experience with the…Mar 28, 20161Mar 28, 20161
eva k. barbarossaThe Mysterious Scent of Lost WordsI was recently talking to a friend, scientist and author, about our sense of smell. She is studying how city folk have lost their sense of…Feb 26, 2014Feb 26, 2014