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The Wondrous Birds of the Himalayas and the Forgotten Victorian Woman Whose Illustrations Rewilded the Western Imagination

Elizabeth Gould (July 18, 1804–August 15, 1841) found working as a governess “miserably-wretched dull.” Artistically and musically gifted, boundlessly curious about the world, she had grown up painting and collecting specimens.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings July 23, 2023 1 Minute

Go Ahead and Ban My Book

To those who seek to stop young people from reading The Handmaid’s Tale: Good luck with that. It’ll only make them want to read it more.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings February 17, 2023 1 Minute

The People Who Don’t Read Books

Identifying as someone who categorically rejects books suggests a much larger deficiency of character. During Kanye West’s spectacular plummet last fall, my friends and I would often marvel at the latest outrageous thing he’d said.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings January 25, 2023 1 Minute

In a Library: Emily Dickinson on Why We Read and the Magic of Old Books

Every book you read, you read not with your eyes but with your world — with the totality of who and what you are, your eyes lensed with a lifetime of impressions and relationships and experiences you alone have had. No two readers ever read the same book.

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Allen Bingham Meanderings August 2, 2022 1 Minute

Bibliotherapy – a healing suggestion?

Bibliotherapy - a healing suggestion? Reading lists of fiction books are prescribed to bring about your healing
Allen Bingham Meanderings September 17, 2011 1 Minute

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