mgibsonsf's current reads
40 books

Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera by Lucy Caplan
Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera
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Lucy Caplan

Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera

Lucy Caplan

323 pages • missing pub info (editions)

medium-paced
The Arcades Project by Walter Benjamin

The Arcades Project

Walter Benjamin

1088 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging slow-paced
Venice Desired by Tony Tanner

Venice Desired

Tony Tanner

384 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

history challenging reflective medium-paced
China by Moira Weigel, Xiaowei R. Wang, Julian Gewirtz

China

Moira Weigel, Xiaowei R. Wang, Julian Gewirtz

missing page info • first pub 2019 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sweet Anticipation: Music And the Psychology of Expectation by David Huron, David Huron

Sweet Anticipation: Music And the Psychology of Expectation

David Huron, David Huron

462 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction music psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century by Nate Chinen

Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century

Nate Chinen

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history music informative slow-paced
Music, Language, and the Brain by Aniruddh D. Patel

Music, Language, and the Brain

Aniruddh D. Patel

513 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction music psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

352 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics informative medium-paced
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Carol Anderson

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Black Futures by Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham

Black Futures

Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham

544 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction art essays poetry race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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