Moshe Safdie

Oct 7, 2024 | thereader.mitpress.mit.edu | Didier Eribon |Pippa Goldschmidt |Francisco Cantú |Moshe Safdie

BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. When I reread James Baldwin’s beautiful text on the death of his father, one remark in particular struck me. Baldwin recounts that he put off a visit to the man he knew was very ill as long as he possibly could. Then he notes: “I had told my mother I did not want to see him because I hated him. But this was not true. It was only that I had hated him and I wanted to hold on to this hatred.