A book reading with
Natalie Hodges, AB'19
author of Uncommon Measure
AT Superior Community Center
October 27, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost: Free; registration required
Website to Register: Event Brite link
Louisville Public Library welcomes Natalie Hodges, author of Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time, for a reading and conversation at the Superior Community Center.
Details
Date: October 27, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Organizer: Louisville Public Library Website: Louisville Public Library
Venue
Superior Community Center 1500 Coalton Road
Superior, CO 80027 United States + Google Map Website: Superior Community Center
Harvard Alumna Book Reading -
Natalie Hodges, AB'19 summa cum laude, will read from her recently published book Uncommon Measure, A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time.
Natalie's book of essays on music and time is the result of her senior thesis at Harvard.
Natalie was born and raised in Denver and attended Kent Denver School prior to attending Harvard.
Uncommon Measure
2022 National Book Award Longlist
New York Times “Editors’ Choice” selection
NPR “Books We Love” 2022 Selection
Smithsonian Magazine “Ten Best Science Books of 2022” selection
Synopsis
How does time shape consciousness and consciousness, time? Do we live in time, or does time live in us? And how does music, with its patterns of rhythm and harmony, inform our experience of time?
Uncommon Measure explores these questions from the perspective of a young Korean American who dedicated herself to perfecting her art until performance anxiety forced her to give up the dream of becoming a concert solo violinist. Anchoring her story in illuminating research in neuroscience and quantum physics, Hodges traces her own passage through difficult family dynamics, prejudice, and enormous personal expectations to come to terms with the meaning of a life reimagined—one still shaped by classical music but moving toward the freedom of improvisation.
Links to reviews:
"A gorgeously written, profoundly felt essay collection about time, memory, and music." - Kirkus Reviews
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/natalie-hodges/uncommon-measure/
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-942658-97-9
Link to buy the book: https://blpress.org/?post_type=product&p=4695