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Recommended Reading

A math heavy list of recommended reading. Links to Toronto Public Library and UToronto Library are provided.

Unread Library Books

Too many books is a great problem.

Week Notes 1

My first week notes!

Week Notes 2

Notes from Reading Week of Winter 2025.

Week Notes 3

A week offline at home.

Week Notes 4

Coming back to work after Reading Week.

Week Notes 5

Phones, minimalism, and the Amish.

Week Notes 6

Ramping up to Pi Day. Spring is sprung!

Week Notes 9

The eye of the cyclone week before exams.

Week Notes 10

Feeling odd during exam week. Also, lots of poetry?

The One-Straw Revolution

A book of philosophy and farming.

Week Notes 7: Almost at the end of term!

Getting excited about summer and such.

Week Notes 8: Last Week of Term

Lovely weather and a bit of a phone defeat.

La Infana Raso

A stub of a review of La Infana Raso in Esperanto.

The Virtual Community

An early book about life online.

Kroata Milita Noktolibro

A deeply personal look at the Croatian War of Independence.

The Calculus of Friendship

A series of letters about calculus problems together with reflections on the student-teacher relationship and age.

Meeting for Learning

Early thoughts from Parker Palmer about Quaker education.

Hodgkin Preparation for Worship

Some personal reflections on reading, writing, and worship.

Cent Ĝojkantoj

A small collection of a hundred songs of joy.

Anni Kaj Montmartre

An early Esperanto novellla about a young German woman abandoned in Paris.

100 Year Old Books in Esperanto

A rant about why old Esperanto literature is neat.

On Academic Writing

A nice review of three popular books on academic writing.

The Coolest Book Shelf in the World

A picture of the books on my book shelf.

How to Spell the Fight

An artist’s book about the relationship between string figures and modernity

Historio De La Esperanta Literaturo

An encyclopedic view of Esperanto literature.

The Amateur at the Kitchen Table

A celebration of amateur magicians.

Listen: On Music, Sound, and Us

Thoughtful writing on music and society.

La Baza Legolisto

My progress through Auld’s Baza Legolisto (Basic Reading List).

El La Maniko

A wonderful collection of stories from Rossetti’s life.

Of Solids and Surds

Samuel Delaney shares his deep reflections on a lifetime of writing. A great follow-up to The Motion of Light in Water.

A Memory Called Empire

A thrilling space opera about language, empire, and love.

Scarborough

A vivid portrait of life near Kingston and Galloway.

My Trade Is a Mystery

A poet’s seven short essays about the writing life.

Excellent Advice for Living

A lot of wisdom compressed down to wonderful epigrams.

La Fenomeno Esperanto

An excellent introduction to the world of Esperanto.

Dedicated

This book describes the various problems associated with a culture of infinite browsing. It argues against our contemporary tendency to keep our options open and never settle for any one thing. The author, who is around my age, describes this as primarily being a problem of young people like us. It’s a generational thing associated with our nearly unlimited choice.

The Creative Act

A music producer’s cosmic reflections on living creatively.

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