W. H. Auden once wrote that “art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.”B
W. H. Auden once wrote that “art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.” Breaking Bread With the Dead was written by Alan Jacobs. He is a scholar, author of several books and a literary critic. This book was just released by @penguinpress and I am so happy to have gotten my hands on it. Jacobs is also a brilliant university professor who advises reading old books to increase “personal density” and “temporal bandwidth.” This intellectual believes we live so distractedly that “we lack the density to stay put even in the mildest breeze from our news feeds.” I can totally relate to what he said about when we pick up an old book, we know that “another human being from another world has spoken to us.” If you are looking for a deep and meaningful nonfiction book about the importance of reading old books, I would highly recommend this one. . . . . #breakingbreadwiththedead #alanjacobs https://www.instagram.com/p/CFum_ORnr-4/?igshid=1md0bug82fyrx -- source link
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