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Podcast: New Books in Art
Episode: Ran Oron, "He Could See a Bird Outside if He Looked Through His Window" (Persimmon Books, 2023)
Description: From his home in Connecticut, Ran Oron observed and drew a pair of ospreys, a couple of birds of prey that return each year to the same nest.With a delicate line, in a series of drawings, in a narrative that straddles poetry and prose, he wrote and echoed the construction of his own family nest, its dismantling, and the departure of the children from the home, while reflecting deeply on the dynamics between the pair of birds.He Could See a Bird Outside if He Looked Through His Window (In Hebrew; Persimmon Books, 2023) is a ...