David Rothenberg is an American musician and philosopher, who has played live with whales, birds, insects, and other animals for years.
Category: Interviews
Desirable Tomorrow of Public Libraries: Interview with Estonian Designer Mikk Lemberg
Mikk Sander Lemberg is an Estonian designer who graduated in 2021 from the Interactive Design program of the Design Faculty of the Estonian Academy of Arts with a master’s thesis dedicated to public libraries “Shaping the Future of Public Libraries”.
“Read for kids!” Interview with Goda Baranauskaitė-Dangovienė, head of the Children’s and Youth Literature Department of the National Library of Lithuania
“Every family with a newborn receives a bag with his or her first book, tips on reading for parents, and his or her first library card. Therefore, every family in Lithuania at least has the opportunity to acquaint themselves with the benefits of early reading and its best practices.”
“A Dreamer’s Search”: Interview with Eric Downs about his Debut Movie and Artist Rockwell Kent
In 1918, Rockwell Kent leaves New York City with his eight-year-old son and travels to the rugged wilderness of Alaska in search of inspiration.
“We have a wonderful job!” The best Green Library project in Paris
Best Green Library Project this year is the Canopée Mediathèque in Paris, France. It was awarded as a pilot project – to try out how to be a sustainable library without a special budget for that, so that the lessons learned could be implemented in the entire Paris library network
Together for the Community: An Interview with Missoula Public Library Director Slaven Lee
“Together” is a keyword for the Missoula Public Library. Not only the structure of the building is made up of elements inspired by the surrounding nature, put together, but also the library itself implements a visionary idea: to gather various organizations under the “hat” of a public library.
Silent Stories: Interview with the creators of Brooklyn Public Library project “Our Streets, Our Stories”
Next year will mark 10 years since the Brooklyn Public Library launched a community studies project, collecting, recording and digitally storing the stories of residents of Brooklyn neighborhoods. The ambitious and at the same time intimate project “Our Streets, Our Stories” is easily accessible to every citizen of the world on the interactive map.
Don’t use “all caps”: Interview with library marketer Mark Aaron Polger
This material first appeared on the Library Portal on September 20, 2022, in Latvian. I interviewed Mark Aaron Polger as an editor of … More
Interview: Future Library in Norway
Interview with the creators of Future Library in Oslo, Norway, by Libraries Portal.
Kids Sea Library: Castaway C.C. O’Hanlon
Traveller and diarist C.C O’Hanlon spent most of the first half of his life at sea aboard a variety of … More
Kids Sea Library: Plankton Chronicler Christian Sardet
The sea is not made of water. This is a challenging phrase, isn’t it? It is also a title for … More
Kids Sea Library: Aquanaut Fabien Cousteau
Oceans cover 71 percent of the world’s surface, but humans have only mapped less than twenty and explored about five … More
Kids Sea Library: Lego Beachcomber Tracey Williams
Ancient Greeks believed that sea was a place of no return. The sea made unwanted things disappear, it was an … More
Kids Sea Library: Marine Ecologist, Sailor, Artist and Writer Hannah Stowe
She was sailing the Baltic Sea, when I noticed her wooden boat Larry in the online sea of Twitter. A … More
Kids Sea Library: Underwater Gardener Sergio Gamberini
“It was then ten in the morning; the rays of the sun struck the surface of the waves at rather … More
Interview with Nancy Campbell
In her new book “Fifty Words for Snow” Nancy Campbell digs deep into the meaning of words for snow from all around the world – each of them offering a whole world of myth and story.
Seven Stories from the Ocean: Interview with Laura Trethewey
“If we can still learn from the ocean and its creatures, then we are not lost,” says Canadian author Laura Trethewey in an interview about her debut book “The Imperiled Ocean” and a new one she is working on right now.
The Sea from Here: Interview with Artist David Cass
“Sometimes when I’m near water I can switch off and appreciate the beauty of it all, and in much of my painting I hope to convey this feeling. But at other times, I can’t help but fear the ocean’s power, and regret the damage we’ve done.”
Elsewhere Journal: Interview with Juliet Blaxland
As a companion piece to the third of our essays by Anna Iltnere about literary seaside houses – The Easternmost House – we present an interview with Juliet Blaxland.
To fall in love with a place: Interview with Julian Hoffman
“To have feelings for the natural world, we fundamentally need contact with it, something which is itself imperilled as we’re continually losing places of importance from our surroundings,” says British writer Julian Hoffman in an interview about his book “Irreplaceable”.
Elsewhere Journal: Interview with Annie Proulx
As a companion piece to the second of our essays by Anna Iltnere about literary seaside houses – Quoyle’s Point from “The Shipping News” – we present an interview with Annie Proulx, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel.
Six Questions: Matt Gaw about moon, stars and darkness
“I think seeing the stars has probably never been so important. They locate us within the universe, show us where we live and allow us to grasp (even if it is just for a second) the sheer scale of life.” Matt Gaw
Sultan’s Seal: Interview with Tom de Freston and Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran and Tom collaborated more than once before, blending their imagination and skills to create unique universes. Even now they are working on a joint book, which is still secret but will feature a lighthouse and a Greenland shark. I interviewed them together, although each was on a different continent when I received their answers.
Elsewhere Journal: Interview with Miles Leeson
As a companion piece to the first of our essays by Anna Iltnere about literary seaside houses – Shruff End from “The Sea, The Sea” by Iris Murdoch – we present an interview with Miles Leeson, lead editor of the Iris Murdoch Review.
Six Questions: Philip Marsden about Real and Imagined Islands
My interview with English writer Philip Marsden, author of “The Summer Isles: A Voyage of the Imagination”, published in 2019 by Granta and available in the Sea Library.
Sultan’s Seal: Interview with Caroline Eden
“Greetings from Almaty!” she writes in her e-mail a few days ago. If British writer Caroline Eden is not at home in Edinburgh, she is most probably traveling the roads of Eastern Europe or Central Asia, and her explorations in different cultures have a special kind of prism – food.
Six Questions: Stephen Rutt about Seabirds and Islands
My interview with British writer Stephen Rutt. His debut book “The Seafarers: A Journey Among Birds” is available in the Sea Library.
Six Questions: William Atkins about Deserts and Islands
My interview with British writer William Atkins for The Island Review. His books “The Moor: A Journey into the English Wilderness” and “The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places” are available in the Sea Library.
Six Questions: Adam Nicolson about the Sea and Sailing
My interview with British writer Adam Nicolson, author of “Seamanship”, “Sea Room”, “The Mighty Dead” and “The Seabird’s Cry”, I did for for The Island Review. You can borrow these books from the Sea Library.
Six Questions: Philip Hoare about the Sea and Swimming
My interview with British writer Philip Hoare, author of “Leviathan, or the Whale”, “The Sea Inside” and RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR, I did for The Island Review. You can borrow these books from the Sea Library.
Six Questions: Caroline Eden about the Black Sea
My interview with British writer Caroline Eden for The Island Review. Her beautiful book “Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes Through Darkness and Light” is available in the Sea Library.
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