Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In which I: read 3 books I didn’t originally intend to link thru thematic connections, make music, see art, try to stay afloat/inspired/organized and drink a lot of tea from a variety of cups

Books:
🌊 The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch (1978) (audiobook read by Simon Vance)
🪨 The Colony by Audrey Magee (2022)
🐒 Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith (2019)

Performers who appear briefly:
Pala Garcia (violin), Ari Livne (piano), Sarah Song (cello), Yoshi Weinberg (flute), Angel Glasby (dance)

Artists whose work appears:
Brian Rochefort, Jared McGriff, Miryam Haddad, Jessica Dickinson, Wallen Mapondera, Ishmael Randall-Weeks, Jason Martin, Ana Teresa Fernández, Josiah McElheny, Diana Al-Hadid

Booktubers who make background cameo appearances:
@linenlibrarian / @leaisjreads /@nathansnook / @alsopato

Socials:
Insta (@sdelphis): instagram.com/sdelphis/?hl=en
StoryGraph: @sdelphis
Substack: sophiedelphis.substack.com