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Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Each episode we'll be discussing what we're reading, listening to, looking at, viewing and tasting. For links, playlists, previews and photos of everything thing we talk about, visit our substack page, The Epicurean Vagabonds (https://epicureanvagabonds.substack.com)
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Plus Minor Notes, Emily Cheng, Osman Hamdi Bey & Brian Wilson's Smile! This Week’s Apéritif: Rebuli Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Extra Brut, “Zerogrammi" Reading: The Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare & Minor Notes, Volume 1 (edited by Jesse McCarthy & Joshua Bennett, foreword by Tracy K. Smith) Listening: Filthy Underneath by Nadine Shah …
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Plus Isamu Noguchi, Yone Noguchi, Rachel Khong, Clarissa Munger Badger & Mango Shrikhand! This Week’s Apéritif: Wildstar’s Summer Sangria! (red wine, brandy, cherries, mango pits/seeds with pulp, oranges, lemon, peach juice, cinnamon, clove, star anise, simple syrup) Reading: Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi (1875-1947) & Real Americans by Rachel Kho…
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Plus Madhur Jaffrey, Dylan Thomas, Omar Victor Diop and Josep Tapiró Baró! This Week’s Apéritif: The Bitter Pompelaretto (Amaretto, Schweppes Pompelmo, Schweppes Bitter Lemon) Reading: The Forgetters: Storiesby Greg Sarris & A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994 by Alice Munro (July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024) Listening: Under Milk Woodnar…
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Plus Henry Louis Gates Jr., Yuja Wang, Wangechi Mutu & Arnold Böcklin This Week’s Apéritif: Peroni Gran Riserva Rosso Reading: The Centaur by Algernon Blackwood & The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Listening: Kimono My House by Sparks (50th Anniversary!) & The Vienna Recital by Yuja Wang Looking: The Art of Arnold Böcklin (18…
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Plus Judith Butler, Melissa Cody, Li Po, Alvin Langdon Coburn & a Helluva Halvah Tasting! This Week’s Apéritif: May Wine (White Wine, Sparkling Wine, Strawberries, Woodruff, Honey, Orange & Lemon) Reading: The Selected Poems of Li Po (translated by David Hinton) & Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler Listening: Letters from a Black Widow by Jud…
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Plus Sofia Samatar, Thandiwe Muriu & Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours Trilogy! This Week’s Apéritif: Qershi Cola Cocktails (Cherry Raki, Sour Cherry Juice & Coke Over Ice) Reading: The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain by Sofia Samatar & Celebrating the Life & Work of Poet, Translator & Anthologist Jerome Rothenberg (December 11, 1931 – April…
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Plus Émile Zola, Émile Savitry, Anton Prinner, Altera Vita and Hela Nokto! This Week’s Apéritif: Metaxa Grapefruit Fizz Reading: The Belly of Paris (Le Ventre de Paris) by Émile Zola (a new translation with an introduction by Mark Kurlansky) & I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé (February 11, 1934 – April 2, 2024) Listening: Hela Nokto …
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Plus Pierre Gagnaire, Maria Martinez, Maria Sibylla Merian, Yeisy Rojas & the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble! This Week’s Aperitivo: Aperol Bicicletta Cocktails! Reading: Mapp and Lucia by E. F. Benson (from the The Mapp & Lucia Novels) & The Story of Film by Mark Cousins Listening: Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit by Kahil El’Zabar’s …
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Plus Lola Flash, A. E. Stallings & Highlights from Our Recent Trip to Athens! This Week’s Digestif: Mastika from Kosteas Distillery Reading: Medea by Euripides (translated by Charles Martin with an introduction by A.E. Stallings) & This Afterlife: Selected Poems by A. E. Stallings Listening: Audio Vertigo by Elbow & Real Power by Gossip Looking: No…
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Plus Isabel Wilkerson, Clara Sola, Marianne North, Bolesław Biegas & Daughters of Latin America! This Week’s Apéritif: 2021 Ruggeri Prosecco Superiore Brut “Vecchie Viti,” DOCG Conegliano Valdobbiadene, Italy Reading: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson & Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Lat…
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Plus Kwaidan, Leni Sinclair, Suniti Namjoshi & Albanian Sushi! Reading: Paris France by Gertrude Stein & The Good-Hearted Gardeners by Suniti Namjoshi Listening: Lo by Paula Cole Looking: The Photography of Edward Steichen & The Photography of Leni Sinclair (b. March 8, 1940) Viewing: Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity — directed by Chloë Sevigny, starring…
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Plus Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde, Kazim Ali and Lizzy Ansingh! This Week’s Apéritif: Wildstar’s Pomegranate & Walnut Raki Spritzer — made with Pomegranate Juice, Albanian Walnut Raki (Cobo Raki më Arra) and Club Soda Reading: When the Night Agrees to Speak to Meby Ananda Devi (translated by Kazim Ali) & Inquisition by Kazim Ali Listening:…
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Plus Annette Peacock, Kazimir Malevich, Abdulrazak Gurnah & Sea Soul Restaurant! This Week’s Apéritif: Malamatina Retsina (Thessaloniki, Greece) Reading: Jane Grigson’s Fish Book by Jane Grigson & Admiring Silence by Abdulrazak Gurnah Listening: Slaughter on 10th Avenue by Mick Ronson (50th Anniversary) & I'm the One by Annette Peacock Looking: The…
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Plus Jennifer Packer, Ellen Day Hale, Cajun Deviled Eggs & See What You're Missing: New Ways of Looking at the World Through Art! This Week’s Apéritif: Agorà Bianco Frizzante, Valle d'Itria IGT Reading: Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang & See What You're Missing: New Ways of Looking at the World Through Art by Will Gompertz Listening: Sarah Vau…
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Plus Kathleen Collins, Lass, Ma Yuan & Radio Bar Tirana! This Week’s Apéritif: The Shake Shake Shake For Your Booty Smoothie #2, Electric Boogaloo (Hazelnut Rice Milk, Roasted Almond Milk, Blueberries, Avocado, Peach Juice, Carrot Juice, Wild Apple Juice, Orange Flavored Electrolyte & Collagen Powder and Ice) Reading: Housekeeping (Fortieth Anniver…
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Plus Julie Mehretu, Abdullah Ibrahim, Aziza Brahim & Ahmed Yacoubi! This Week’s Apéritif: A Sour Jdid & A Champagne Cocktail à la Rick's Café in Casablanca, Morocco Reading: The Death of Sitting Bear: New and Selected Poems & House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (February 27, 1934 – January 24, 2024) Listening: Bubisher (new single)and Sahari (20…
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Plus Jean Delville, Hasui Kawase, Alejandra Pizarnik & The Lost Boys (Le Paradis)! This Week’s Apéritif: Leonard Cohen’s signature drink, The Red Needle Reading: Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen & Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 - 1972 by Alejandra Pizarnik (translated by Yvette Siegert) Listening: Auraby Kateri…
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Plus Margaret Bonds, Julia Lee, Saint Omer & La Llorona! This Week’s Apéritif: Wildstar’s Wasabi Bloody Mary (secret recipe) Reading: North Woods by Daniel Mason & The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts (edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.) and The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of the Bondwoman's Narrative by Gregg Hecimovich (fo…
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Plus Tarsila do Amaral, Gérard de Nerval, Robert Duncan, José Malhoa & Farewell Amor! This Week’s Apéritif: Caipirinhas! Reading: Les Chimères (The Chimeras) by Gérard de Nerval & Bending the Bow by Robert Duncan (1919 - 1988) Listening: The Music of Cesária Évora (plus the documentary: Cesária Évora (2022), directed by Ana Sofia Fonseca) Looking: …
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Plus Toni Cade Bambara, Cecilia Paredes, Hermann Corrodi & Our 24th Anniversary Wine Tasting! This Week’s Apéritif: Amaretto Sours! Reading: Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf (introduction by Carmen Maria Machado) & The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara Listening: Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell (50th Anniversary, January 1974) & The Music of …
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Plus Kent Monkman, Toyen, Marguerite Yourcenar & Slow-Braised Leg of Lamb in Red Wine! This Week’s Apéritif: Wildstar’s Metaxa Snowball with Rosemary Garnish Reading: Alexis by Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) & The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture by Courtney Thorsson Listening: Gloryland by Inger Lorre Loo…
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Plus Shawn Michael Warren, Yui Sakamoto, The Upstairs Delicatessen & Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop! This Week’s Apéritif: Bellini Cocktails (Peach nectar & Prosecco) Reading: The Upstairs Delicatessenby Dwight Garner & Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop by Martin Puchner Listening: The New Young Kings of Midnightby …
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Plus Simone Leigh, Justin Torres, Marie-Claire Blais, Anna Boberg & Snow Raven! This Week’s Apéritif: Classic Hot Toddies (Lemon, Cinnamon Sticks, Honey and Konjak [Cognac]) Reading: Nights Too Short to Dance by Marie-Claire Blais & Blackouts by Justin Torres Listening: The Music of Snow Raven & Echoes: Ancient & Modern by Trevor Horn (featuring Ig…
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Plus Gisela McDaniel, Ben Okri, Emily Wilson & Juana Romani! This Week’s Apéritif: The Shake Shake Shake For Your Booty Smoothie (Avocado, Roasted Almond Milk, Peach Juice, Pear Juice, Carrot Juice, Collagen & Electrolyte Powder and Ice) Reading: Changing Destiny by Ben Okri & The Iliad by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) Listening: R&R’s Playlis…
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Plus Dark Winds, Eikoh Hosoe, Butoh, Haleh Liza Gafori, Ghalia Benali & Constantinople, Salma Arastu & Jacques Pépin! Reading: Beautiful Star by Yukio Mishima & Gold by Rumi (translated by Haleh Liza Gafori) Listening: Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba by Somi & In the Footsteps of Rumi by Ghalia Benali & Constantinople Looking: The Photo…
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Plus Ned Blackhawk, Babette Deutsch & Soundies: The Ultimate Collection (1940-1946)! This Week’s Aperitivo: Americano Cocktails (Campari, Sweet Vermouth & Soda Water). Reading: Mask of Silenus: A Novel About Socrates by Babette Deutsch & The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk Listening: Mamouna …
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Plus Bill Reid, Kali Spitzer, Gribouille & our farewell dinner at La Petite Cantine! This Week’s Apéritif: Domaines Gilles Canton “L’Impudent,” Terrasses du Larzac, France (and our surprisingly delicious French frozen pizzas!) Reading: The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by Thich Nhat Hanh & The Book of Delights by Ross Gay Lis…
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Plus Loïs Mailou Jones, Brillat-Savarin, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh & Ten Restaurants That Changed America! This Week’s Apéritif: Sieur d'Arques, Aimery Blanquette de Limoux Brut Reading: The Physiology of Tasteby Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (translated by M. F. K. Fisher) & Ten Restaurants That Changed America by Paul Freedman (introduction b…
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Plus Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain, Leslie Feinberg, Toshiko Takaezu, Dörte Helm & Native America on PBS! This Week’s Apéritif: Brouwerij Bosteels’ Pauwel Kwak, Strong Amber Ale from Belgium & L’Oulivo Picholine Green Olives! Reading: The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood (introduction by Armistead Maupin) & Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or…
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Plus Edmund White, Girma Yifrashewa, Biréli Lagrène & Nicholas Kalmakoff! This Week’s Apéritif: Bayanis Pastis de Marseille Reading: The Flâneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris by Edmund White & Grand Tour: Poems by Elisa Gonzalez Listening: Biréli Lagrène Plays Loulou Gasté by Biréli Lagrène & My Strong Will by Girma Yifrashewa Looking: T…
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Plus Louise Glück, Idrissa Soumaoro, The Tomb of the Diver & Langoustine Tartare! This Week’s Apéritif: Monrillac Pineau des Charentes Blanc Reading: Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years by Joy Harjo & Poems 1962-2012 by Louise Glück Listening: I Pray for My Enemies by Joy Harjo & Diré by Idrissa Soumaoro Looking: The Fir…
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Plus Jeremy Dutcher, Max Roach, Colm Tóibín & The Aeneid! This Week’s Aperitivo: A Garibaldi! Named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the famed Italian general and revolutionary who united Italy. He’s widely considered the “Father of Italy.” Reading: Love In a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodóvar by Colm Tóibín & The Aeneid by Vergil (translated by…
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Plus Roberto Fonseca, Yungchen Lhamo, Edward Lear, Ilan Stavans & Gabriela Larios! Reading: Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica by Edward Lear & Popol Vuh: A Retelling by Ilan Stavans (illustrations by Gabriela Larios) Listening: One Drop of Kindness by Yungchen Lhamo & La Gran Diversión by Roberto Fonseca Looking: Edward Lear’s Paintings of …
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Plus Caravaggio, Wynton Marsalis, Wilhelm Kotarbiński & The Pocket Epicurean! Reading: The Pocket Epicurean by John Sellars & Stomping the Blues by Albert Murray Listening: To Those Who Came Before by Joseph Tawadros & Wynton Marsalis Plays Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Hot Sevens Looking: The Art of Wilhelm Kotarbiński & The Art of Victoria Vill…
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Plus Jean Cocteau, Judy Baca, Assotto Saint and Hilario Durán & His Latin Jazz Big Band! This Week’s Apéritif: 2022 Viognier Bela Voda from Tikveš Winery in North Macedonia Reading: Les Enfants Terribles (The Holy Terrors) by Jean Cocteau & Sacred Spells: Collected Works by Assotto Saint Listening: Cry Me A River by Hilario Durán & His Latin Jazz B…
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Plus Kai Cheng Thom, Philippe Besson, Amanda Acevedo, Claude McKay, Yasuo Kuniyoshi & Gustav Vigeland! This Week’s Apéritif: Martini Fiero & Tonic! Reading: Complete Poems by Claude McKay (September 15, 1890 – May 22, 1948) & Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom Listening: Yum Yum by the Fatback Band & Phan…
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Plus Chineke! Orchestra, Caryl Churchill, Eduardo Galeano & Tseng Kwong Chi! This Week’s Apéritif: Brown Derby Cocktails! Reading: Cloud 9by Caryl Churchill & Voices of Time: A Life in Stories by Eduardo Galeano Listening: Breath Versus Beats by Simon Berz, Toshinori Kondo & Bill Laswell & The Music of Chineke! Orchestra Looking: Balkan Brutalist A…
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Plus Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity, William Least Heat-Moon, Enji, Faig Ahmed & a virtual tour of the Musée du Quai Branly! This Week’s Apéritif: Honeydew Melon & Mint Cocktail Reading: Celestial Mechanics: A Tale for a Mid-Winter Night by William Least Heat-Moon & The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks by Gwendolyn Brooks (edited by Elizabeth Alexander) Lis…
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Plus Doris Lessing, Zadie Xa, The Archers & Our Anniversary Dinner at The Water Mill! This Week’s Apéritif: 2017 Chateau Kamnik Spark Rosé, Brut Sparkling Wine Reading: Shikastaby Doris Lessing & Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry by Terrance Hayes Listening: With Animalsby Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwo…
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Plus Jonas Mekas, Chika, Chaino, Beatriz Milhazes & North Macedonian Pub Food! This Week’s Aperitif: Tikveš Winery Roze on our terrace in Skopje! Reading: Just Kidsby Patti Smith & Água Viva by Clarice Lispector (translated by Stefan Tobler) Listening: Temptation: The Exotic Sounds of Chaino by Leon “Chaino” Johnson & Samson: The Album by Chika Loo…
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Plus Henry Fuseli, Naudline Pierre, Maroulita de Kol, Véronique Tadjo & Angelos Sikelianos! This week’s aperitif: A Sour Cherry Sea Breeze! Reading: “Thalero” by Angelos Sikelianos from Voices of Modern Greece: Selected Poems by C. P. Cavafy, Angelos Sikelianos, George Seferis, Odysseus Elytis, Nikos Gatsos(translated by Edmund Keeley & Philip Sher…
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Plus Sofia Samatar, Hassan Hajjaj, Edmund Dulac, Spaghetti alla Bolognese & White Wine Day! This Week’s Aperitif: 2022 St. Michael-Eppan Schulthauser Weissburgunder Pinot Bianco, Südtirol, Alto Aldige, Italy Reading: A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar & An Artist of the Floating Worldby Kazuo Ishiguro Listening: The Ones Ahead by Beverly Glenn…
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Plus Rimbaud, John Ashbery, Jeanne Mammen, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum and Traditional Albanian Meatballs & Pancakes! This Week’s Apéritif: Ryan Wildstar’s “Old Bitter Nuts” (Walnut Raki, San Benedetto Rosso Bitters & Orange Peel Garnish) Reading: Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud (translated by John Ashbery) & Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett by Tony…
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