Jeff Crosby

From July 8-11, you can preorder "World of Wonders: A Spirituality of Reading" from @barnesandnoble.com and receive 25% off using coupon code PREORDER25. If you have an independent store in your area that you patronize, please consider inquiring there, as well.

J. Dana Trent's "Between Two Trailers" was among my favorite reads of all of 2024, so it was a delight to receive her commendation for "World of Wonders," coming this fall from Paraclete Press. Pre-order a copy from your local bookstore or directly @ParacletePress.com.

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Worked on a website update in partnership with the team at www.Tertulia.com, and pleased with the results, which are at www.JeffreyCrosby.net.

Today is #WorldBookDay, an international observance to symbolically honor literature. I appreciate what Byron Borger said about my forthcoming book "World of Wonders: A Spirituality of Reading." Coming fall 2025. Pre-order at @bookshop.org or your local bookstore.

A remarkable, highly recommended work!

“Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things. And shall we not best guide humanity by telling the truth about all this, so far as the truth is ascertainable?” - W.E.B. Du Bois (1935)

A beautiful new book from @slantbooks.bsky.social exploring the richness of the classical music repertoire: Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov and more. The title Spirto Gentil translates from the Italian as 'gentle spirit,' an apt description for what's in these pages. Beautiful!

I'm looking forward to this May 2, 2025 release of a 1974 live concert recording from Tokyo, "Saturnight: Cat Stevens Live in Tokyo." Available now for pre-order!

World of Wonders: A Spirituality of Reading A Spirituality of Reading

Grateful to see Bookshop.org has my forthcoming project "World of Wonders" up for pre-order. I'll share more about the book in the coming weeks. bookshop.org/p/books/worl...

It's a good day for a listen to "Teaser and the Firecat" by Cat Stevens, and a re-read of the children's book of the same name - both released in 1971.

Alive and Well In London Maynard Ferguson · Album · 1971 · 9 songs

What a time capsule: The great trumpet player Maynard Ferguson, from 1971 - covers of "My Sweet Lord," "Fire and Rain," "Your Song" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water," among others. open.spotify.com/album/7e05vE...

"In the world where I choose to live, even the coldest winter must yield to agents of spring and the darkest view of human nature must eventually find room for shafts of light."

Madeleine Albright, "Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 (HarperCollins, 2013, p. 414).

Billy Collins, in the "By the Book" interview in the New York Times Book Review, in response to the question: "Has the internet changed your writing?"

"The internet asks us to speed up. Poetry invites us to slow down. I write with a pencil and paper, then use the computer only as a fancy typewriter. So no change really, except in its role as the most persistent distraction in human history."

Billy Collins, New York Times Book Review, 12/1/24

Congrats on the pending publication. Chuck is a friend and his foreword speaks well of the book, and the title is quite captivating. Best wishes as you release it into the world!

"Mute words and tags" — this functionality alone will keep me on Bluesky so much longer than any other network. The quality of my experience just skyrockets. (Wouldn't it be great to have starter packs for "mute words and tags"?)

Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 5 & Sinfonia concertante Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Album · 2015 · 9 songs

I'm enjoying the violin work of Vilde Frang of Oslo, Norway - especially her Mozart violin concertos and her work with the Elgar repertoire. What lovely music! open.spotify.com/album/7vgWmy...

My plan for the days to come...

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes wins NL Rookie of Year award — Chicago Cubs’ Shota Imanaga is 4th Paul Skenes didn’t debut until May 11 against the Chicago Cubs but was such an immediate sensation he was selected to start the All-Star Game.

I'm delighted to see that @pittsburghpirates.bsky.social Paul Skenes has won Rookie of the Year in the National League. Well-deserved honor. www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/18/p...

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