Jim Coleman

Avid reader. Nature lover. Bon vivant.

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read and enjoyed HOW TO FLOURISH: AN ANCIENT GUIDE TO LIVING WELL, a book of selections from Aristotle's NICOMACHEAN ETHICS. Susan Sauvé Meyer chose, translated, and introduced the selections.
https://t.co/HnaXIjkGFf

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Greatly enjoyed reading Jennifer Ackerman's WHAT AN OWL KNOWS. Have also read and enjoyed three other books by this author.
https://t.co/LOnNHQccHG

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Really enjoyed rereading Richard Wilbur's ADVICE TO A PROPHET AND OTHER POEMS. Here's a link to this collection's titular poem:
https://t.co/UFCnYpffyg

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Enjoyed reading PORTRAIT MASKS FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA by J. C. H. King.
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[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Enjoyed reading THE SOUTHWEST CORNER by Mildred Walker.
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[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read ANDRÉ DERAIN by Gaston Diehl. Learned quite a bit about the artist from this book.
https://t.co/7qjplsmJ5R

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read BIRDING'S INDIANA JONES: A CHASER'S DIARY by Sanford Komito.
https://t.co/gNJf7WUj3P

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Enjoyed reading Lewis Theobald's DOUBLE FALSEHOOD. This play is probably based on the "lost" play THE HISTORY OF CARDENIO by Shakespeare and Fletcher.
https://t.co/GZczBgpihr

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read and greatly enjoyed Richard Wilbur's THINGS OF THIS WORLD. Here's a link to one of the poems in this collection: https://t.co/m548HTcd4F

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Greatly enjoyed reading HOW TO TELL A STORY: AN ANCIENT GUIDE TO THE ART OF STORYTELLING FOR WRITERS AND READERS, Philip Freeman's recent translation of Aristotle's POETICS.
https://t.co/7HU8XdVQSR

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Amazing!

[𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 @Old_But_Gold50s]

The short video captures an impressive moment as the tenor Angelo Loforese, even at the age of 93, confidently showcases his masterful opera technique and powerful vocals alongside the piano.

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Greatly enjoyed reading the Stanley Mitchell translation of Alexander Pushkin's EUGENE ONEGIN.
https://t.co/YK7e423Na1

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read THE FIRST ARTISTS by Dorothy and Joseph Samachson.
https://t.co/oqLtSMVHQU

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read and really enjoyed Richard Wilbur's CEREMONY AND OTHER POEMS.
https://t.co/8uohD94dYE

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read (but did not study) J. M. Hussey's enlightening and engaging THE BYZANTINE WORLD.
https://t.co/YHwuD4Yejf

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Greatly enjoyed rereading THE BEAUTIFUL CHANGES AND OTHER POEMS, the first collection of Richard Wilbur's poems to be published. Here's a link to a copy of the titular poem:
https://t.co/Th4DAPvxZm

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Enjoyed reading Longfellow's THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH. I'd never actually read this poem previously, although, as I recall, my mother told me about the story many, many years ago.
https://t.co/P6ptgruyuO

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read and enjoyed SAPPHO: LYRICS IN THE ORIGINAL GREEK WITH TRANSLATIONS BY WILLIS BARNSTONE.
https://t.co/DAYDpf15sI

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read Rebecca West's interesting and thought-provoking RADIO TREASON: THE TRIALS OF LORD HAW-HAW, THE BRITISH VOICE OF NAZI GERMANY.
https://t.co/t39dKvPTHC

[Jim Coleman @jdcinpdx]

Read Solomon Northup's TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE. An astonishing and moving document!
https://t.co/Gds9fTzhZO