{"id":13394,"date":"2020-05-16T11:29:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T15:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=13394"},"modified":"2020-05-16T11:29:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T15:29:58","slug":"covid-check-in-with-witold-rybczynski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-witold-rybczynski","title":{"rendered":"COVID Check-In with Witold Rybczynski"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show
\nCOVID Check-In: Witold Rybczynski<\/a><\/p>\n

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Architecture writer Witold Rybczynski<\/a> checks in from Philadelphia. We talk about how his present circumstances \u2014 retired from teaching, helping his wife recover from a broken arm, and editing his next book \u2014 have enabled him to transition into shelter-in-place mode pretty smoothly. We also get into that upcoming book, The Story of Architecture<\/em>, how working on it enables him to transport himself into the Renaissance and elsewhere\/when, how it’s modeled after Gombrich’s The Story of Art<\/a>, why he doesn’t want to theorize about the impact of the pandemic on architecture, the Mantel<\/a> & Greene<\/a> books he’s immersed in and the French TV series<\/a> he’s bingeing on via Netflix, and his acceptance that there are wonderful historic buildings he’ll never visit. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read his latest book, Charleston Fancy<\/a>!<\/p>\n

You can listen to all these COVID Check-In episodes at The COVID-19 Sessions<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n