{"id":9631,"date":"2024-12-17T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/art-science-poetry-psychology-childrens-and-more-the-marginalian\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T13:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:28:02","slug":"art-science-poetry-psychology-childrens-and-more-the-marginalian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/art-science-poetry-psychology-childrens-and-more-the-marginalian\/","title":{"rendered":"Art, Science, Poetry, Psychology, Children\u2019s, and More \u2013 The Marginalian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"posts\">\n<h2\/>\n<h3 class=\"byline\">By Maria Popova<\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry_content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/monogram_circle.png?fit=270%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"cover alignright size-medium\" alt=\"Favorite Books of the Year: Art, Science, Poetry, Psychology, Children\u2019s, and More\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/monogram_circle.png?w=270&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/monogram_circle.png?resize=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Because I read for the same reason I write \u2014 to fathom my life and deepen my living \u2014 looking back on a year of life <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/tag\/best-of\/\">has always been<\/a> looking back on a year of reading. This year was different \u2014 a time of such profound pain and profound transformation that it fused reading and writing into a single, surprising act of the unconscious: I began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/07\/26\/almanac-of-birds\/\">making bird divinations<\/a> to clarify the confusion of living and refill my reservoir of trust in the cohesion of the world. This daily practice left a great deal less time for other reading, especially anything new: The written word today seems more and more resigned to commodified virtue signaling and hollow self-help, so I found myself returning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/01\/26\/when-women-were-birds\/\">more<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/03\/01\/richard-jefferies-story-of-my-heart-2\/\">more<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2023\/12\/30\/john-odonohue-blessings-beginnings\/\">trusted<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/02\/03\/loren-eiseley-birds\/\">treasures<\/a> that have stood the test of time and changing moral fashions. Of the few new books I did read, these are the ones I will keep returning to for substance and succor in the years ahead. <\/p>\n<h5>MARIE HOWE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/04\/04\/marie-howe-hymn\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mariehowe_newandselected.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2020\/04\/23\/singularity-marie-howe-animated\/\">Here<\/a> is my favorite poem from it (which is also one of my favorite poems of all time), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/04\/04\/marie-howe-hymn\/\">here<\/a> is another.<\/p>\n<h5>SOMETHING IN THE WOODS LOVES YOU<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/09\/11\/great-blue-heron\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/somethinginthewoodslovesyou.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/09\/11\/great-blue-heron\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>THANK YOU, EVERYTHING<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/12\/12\/thank-you-everything-icinori\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"with-border\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/thankyoueverything.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/12\/12\/thank-you-everything-icinori\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>OLIVER SACKS: LETTERS<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/08\/oliver-sacks-letters-meaning-of-life\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/oliversacks_letters.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/08\/oliver-sacks-letters-meaning-of-life\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>WEATHERING<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/08\/22\/weathering-ruth-allen\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Weathering_RuthAllen.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/08\/22\/weathering-ruth-allen\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>JUNG VS. BORG<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/03\/29\/jung-vs-borg\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jungvsborg.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/03\/29\/jung-vs-borg\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OTHERS<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/02\/28\/the-other-significant-others\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/theothersignificantothers.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/02\/28\/the-other-significant-others\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>CONSOLATIONS II<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/12\/03\/david-whyte-consolations-intimacy\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/davidwhyte_consolations2.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/12\/03\/david-whyte-consolations-intimacy\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>THE WORK OF ART<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/01\/the-work-of-art-adam-moss\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/theworkofart_moss.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/01\/the-work-of-art-adam-moss\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>WE ARE FREE TO CHANGE THE WORLD<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/03\/15\/we-are-free-to-change-the-world-hannah-arendt\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/arendt_change.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/03\/15\/we-are-free-to-change-the-world-hannah-arendt\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>SOMETHING ABOUT THE SKY<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/03\/13\/something-about-the-sky-carson-mcclure\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/somethingaboutthesky.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/03\/13\/something-about-the-sky-carson-mcclure\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>FLOWERS FOR THINGS I DON\u2019T KNOW HOW TO SAY<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/08\/tucker-nichols-flowers\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cover.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/08\/tucker-nichols-flowers\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>ON GIVING UP<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/17\/adam-phillips-giving-up\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/adamphillips_givingup.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/17\/adam-phillips-giving-up\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>THE LIGHT EATERS<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/24\/the-light-eaters\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/thelighteaters.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/24\/the-light-eaters\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>KAMAU &amp; ZUZU FIND A WAY<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/08\/30\/kamau-zuzu-find-a-way\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamauandzuzu_cover.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/08\/30\/kamau-zuzu-find-a-way\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>LIFE AS NO ONE KNOWS IT<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/04\/sara-imani-walker-life\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/saraimariwalker_life.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/04\/sara-imani-walker-life\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>THERE\u2019S A GHOST IN THE GARDEN<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/21\/theres-a-ghost-in-the-garden\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ghostinthegarden_cover.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/21\/theres-a-ghost-in-the-garden\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>CLOUDSPOTTING FOR BEGINNERS<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/07\/13\/cloudspotting-for-beginners\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cloudspottingforbeginners.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/07\/13\/cloudspotting-for-beginners\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>WE GO TO THE PARK<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/08\/16\/we-go-to-the-park\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wegotothepark_cover.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/08\/16\/we-go-to-the-park\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>THE MIRACULOUS FROM THE MATERIAL<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/22\/how-birds-fly\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/lightman_miraculous.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/22\/how-birds-fly\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>THE MESSAGE<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/12\/11\/ta-nehisi-coates-message-writing\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/themessage_coates.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>THE ART OF CRYING<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/02\/art-of-crying-pepita-sandwich\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/theartofcrying.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/02\/art-of-crying-pepita-sandwich\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>THE DICTIONARY STORY<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/15\/the-dictionary-story\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/oliverjeffers_dictionary.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/11\/15\/the-dictionary-story\/\">Here<\/a> is a taste.<\/p>\n<h5>(AND ONE I MADE)<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/01\/the-universe-in-verse-book\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/UiV_book_cover.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peek inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/05\/01\/the-universe-in-verse-book\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5>(AND ONE COMING NEXT YEAR)<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/07\/26\/almanac-of-birds\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarginalian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/almanacofbirds_booksafe_cover.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peek inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2024\/07\/26\/almanac-of-birds\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br 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