The Burlington County Library System community is invited to join readers from over 16,000 public libraries and colleges across the U.S. in Big Library Read. This season’s featured title is Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges.
Available as a book and audiobook with no waitlists or holds, Uncommon Measure can be accessed instantly through the Libby app.
About the Book
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.
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LIVE Author Event
May 30 | 12 PM EST
Join Natalie Hodges as she is interviewed by Leah Miller, Director of Book Publishing at AARP, for a conversation that explores the profound connections between music, neuroscience, and the nature of time. -
Enter for a chance to win An Uncommon Measure-themed engagement prize featuring
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Beats Solo 4 Headphones
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Victrola Portable Record Player
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Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane Vinyl
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A signed copy of Uncommon Measure
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