I’m launching a new subset of my newsletter devoted to stories from my longtime research of Greek architect and planner C.A. Doxiadis.
Learn more about the project here, featuring a glimpse at Doxiadis’ CBS interview with Mike Wallace on the island of Delos (the birthplace of Apollo), on the eve of the first moon landing.
This week, The Usonian travels to Cleveland to uncover the story of a Neo-Byzantine monument to a forgotten American president.
You can find the post here. Thanks for reading!
The earthquake in Turkey and Syria has led to a heartbreaking, humanitarian disaster in the region. Because I write a lot about this part of the world, I decided to write a little about the cultural background of Gaziantep and how you can support relief efforts in the two countries.
Read the post here.
I’m thrilled to have an essay titled “Southwestern Fantasy: Pueblo Revival and architectural authenticity in New Mexico” in a new volume of architectural essays from Routledge.
Region, edited by Simon Richards, Cagri Sanliturk, Robert Schmidt III, and Falli Palaiologou, is the latest in a series from the Architectural Humanities Research Association. The book will be published in late July 2023; the articles in the volume center around questions of regionality in architecture and urban studies. Learn more about the book here.
I will be writing more about my contribution to the volume in The Usonian newsletter in the months to come. Cheers!
This week’s post in The Usonian is the first of a five-part series, “Famagusta Collage,” on one of the most historically interesting cities in Cyprus across deep time. Read it here.
It’s also my first Substack read-aloud—you can listen to me read the post by clicking the play button at the top of the article. If readers respond to it, I’ll make it a more regular feature.
Thanks for reading!
Featured image: (Gerhard Haubold, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
This week in The Usonian, we take a trip to Kykkos and explore the ancient origins of monasteries in Cyprus and the greater Mediterranean. Read the newsletter post here.
Thanks for reading!
As a holiday treat, I’m re-releasing an old article about climate science in Antarctica.
Follow this link to read “Predictions from the edge of the world,” a profile of NOAA scientist Mitch Bushuk I wrote in college.
Happy holidays!
It’s time for The Usonian’s end-of-year post—in which I discuss 2022 newsletter highlights and name my favorite film, book, and TV series of the year… read it here.
To my readers, thanks so much for following another year of the newsletter. They go by fast.
For The Brooklyn Rail, I reviewed Karen Han’s new book, “Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema.” The book is a fascinating glimpse into the background of the Oscar-winning “Parasite” director’s filmography and process.
In the same issue, you can also find an amusing list of films—you may have heard of the new Sight and Sound list of the greatest films in history, but have you heard of The Brooklyn Rail’s “Greatest Films You’ll Never See”?
It was fun to participate in this list of classic (but nearly impossible to watch) films!
In the final issue of The Cyprus Files of the year, I wrote about the Tombs of the Kings in Cyprus—the impressive subterranean burials for the descendants of Alexander’s empire.
Read the post here.
Thanks for reading The Cyprus Files in 2022!
Harrison Blackman 