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  • 4 days ago | closereads.substack.com | David Kern

    Hey friends, I’m sorry for the reschedule but May’s Live Poetry Hour is on for tonight at 9 pm est! We’ll be discussing Edward Thomas seasonally-appropriate poem, “The Unknown Bird,” which you can find here. As always, we will start at 9:00 pm eastern and go for one hour. Can’t join us live? Subscribers will have access to the video recording after the fact.

  • 5 days ago | closereads.substack.com | David Kern

    Last year, after returning home from our annual Close Reads retreat, Rachel Woodham wrote a lovely blog post about her experience at the event. She wrote that “reading together is about much more than an interest in the same books. Ultimately, reading in community happens when you are facing the same direction, asking the same questions.”She then shared the following quote from C. S.

  • 5 days ago | magazin.autobazar.eu | David Kern

    Dávid Kern v Spravodajstvo 03.06.2025 Zdroj: autobazar.eu Najvýkonnejšie 7-miestne... Spravodajstvo S pribúdajúcimi rokmi sa požiadavky na auto často menia. Spočiatku túži každý po niečom výrazne vytuningovanom aute, za ktorým sa otočí na ulici nejeden okoloidúci. Superšport zostáva väčšinou len nesplneným snom. Neskôr človek zatúži možno po niečom luxusnejšom a elegantnejšom. Už to nie je vytuningovaný Nissan 350Z, ale skôr E-čkový Mercedes.

  • 5 days ago | closereads.substack.com | David Kern |Heidi White |Sean Johnson

    Close Reads is a book-club podcast for the incurable reader co-hosted by David Kern, Heidi White, Sean Johnson, and occasionally Tim McIntosh. We read good books and talk about them. This is a show for amateurs in the best sense. This is not an experts show: we’re book lovers, book enthusiasts. Our goal is have empathetic and intelligent conversations about good books. Close Reads is produced by Goldberry Studios, the podcast wing of Goldberry Books, a family-run indie bookshop in Concord, NC.

  • 1 week ago | closereads.substack.com | David Kern |Heidi White |Sean Johnson

    Welcome back to our ongoing series on Alessandro Manzoni’s classic Italian novel. This week we discuss Manzoni’s approach to presenting the historical context of the novel, and why he doesn’t present it as much through the doings of the characters.

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David Kern
David Kern @dakern
30 May 25

RT @AaronBastani: “10 year old girls are going to Sephora to buy skincare products. It’s insane”. @JonHaidt on a phenomenon which I hope,…

David Kern
David Kern @dakern
29 May 25

RT @historycalendar: 🚨Breaking History News🚨 Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. President John Tyler (1841-1845), dies at 96. His…

David Kern
David Kern @dakern
27 May 25

Absolutely. It’s terrible.

Sean Fennessey
Sean Fennessey @SeanFennessey

NBA needs to do something about intentionally fouling up 3. It’s the worst possible experience for end of game enjoyment.