rick2's review
4.0
Very beautiful writing. Interesting and wonderful examination of non traditional western thinkers. Seemed scattered and a bit disorganized.
loragracegrace's review
4.0
I read this book after reading Heroines by Kate Zambreno, and the way Maria Popova weaves the lives of so many historical figures (mostly women, many queer) does for women in science what Zambreno did for women in literature. It’s long, over 500 pages, but I think it’s worth making it to the end for Emily Dickinson and Rachel Carson. There’s so much straight washing in historical accounts of these famous scientists and artists, what a breath of fresh air to see them in their whole being! My only wish is that she had done the same with race—it’s a very white list of people.
elizafiedler's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
redheadreading's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Magnificent - a new favourite read has been unearthed!
Dabbling across poetry, art, music, science, astronomy, mathematics, history - the interconnectedness of all these wonderful things and the bright shining people who advanced our understanding of them. Concerned with figurings, transformations and transcendentalism, I cried many times both in sadness and wonder at humanity and the natural world. Also did I mention it's deeply queer?? This is an absolute treasure of a book and has lit a fire inside of me!
Dabbling across poetry, art, music, science, astronomy, mathematics, history - the interconnectedness of all these wonderful things and the bright shining people who advanced our understanding of them. Concerned with figurings, transformations and transcendentalism, I cried many times both in sadness and wonder at humanity and the natural world. Also did I mention it's deeply queer?? This is an absolute treasure of a book and has lit a fire inside of me!
lifeinpoetry's review
5.0
This didn't really come together for me until the Emily Dickinson section and then I became fully invested. Considering that isn't until well into the book I can understand why so many give up.