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…4 min read·Dec 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…6 min read·Dec 6, 2016--3--3
eva k. barbarossaThe Adelphi Project — Reading the CatalogOr “Why I am reading 653 books to follow the path of an Italian publishing house”5 min read·Aug 5, 2016--9--9
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…4 min read·Jul 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…13 min read·Apr 26, 2016--1--1
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…4 min read·Mar 28, 2016--1--1
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…4 min read·Feb 26, 2014----