This is an effort to establish "common core" for our NCE Reading Club. By having a common fabric of ground knowledge and vocabulary, I think that'll help our weekly Reading Club conversations! If you have any suggestions for material or categories to add, please add a comment below! TY!!

Cultural touchstones that are handy to know as a creative human being:

On Music

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Köln_Concert

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On Writing

1. That Crafty Feeling by Zadie Smith (June 2008)

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Documentaries

1. "The Price of Everything"
2. "Imagine - Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future"

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Memoirs

1. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (2020)

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Books

1. Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Steven Nachmanovitch
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching
3. The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
4. Do The Work by Steven Pressfield
5. Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop
6. & How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams

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On Power

1. Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts by James C. Scott
2. https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4978/Lee-Kuan-YewThe-Grand-Master-s-Insights-on-China

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Websites

1. https://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series