The Saturday Selection, Vol. 40
On your party tonight, Seamus Heaney, USM Shelving, and more.
Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our new Saturday send for paid readers, we’re rounding up 11 of the best.
It’s WITI, on the weekend.
Why are these interesting?
What if you threw a party tonight? (Vox)
“In the ’70s and ’80s, my grandfather would wake up on a Saturday morning and casually suggest having a party that evening… They’d tell their friends: Don’t change your clothes, don’t shower, simply show up.”
Louise Bourgeois Destroying Her Own Work (Instagram)
In case you’re feeling a certain type of way about how you performed last week.
Eight Beavers Saved the Czech Government $1.2 million (National Geographic)
Some beaver dams are so big they can be seen from space. “At this point,” says one expert. “Nothing that beavers do surprises me.”
All The World (Bookshop)
Apparently a really special children’s book, according to new parent and general good person Hayley Nahman. There’s also this enjoyable new essay in The Paris Review on what happens to our breathing (good things!) when reading to children.
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