Bedugul Coffee: All the brilliant books you should read this summer

The Huffington Post

This week we're talking about the revolutionary legacy of Lucille Ball, the fate of diary-keeping in an age of oversharing, why the best painting at the Guggenheim was made by a third-grader, and all the brilliant books you should read this summer.

Why The Best Painting At The Guggenheim This Summer Was Made By A Third Grader

"The Guggenheim Museum in New York City has long been working to give children the opportunity to attain what they call 'visual literacy,' a working understanding of what images are and how they work. Now in its 44th year, Learning Through Art is an educational program that provides elementary schoolers throughout New York public schools with the chance to spend 90 minutes a week focusing on art: looking at it, reflecting on it and, of course, making it." (Read more here)

Why Keeping A Diary Matters Now More Than Ever

"On some level, when we vent, we want to be heard -- if only by our future selves. Why else would we choose such a permanent format for sorting out our thoughts? This may explain journaling's evolution from guarded confessions to blunt, public blogging. Julavits agrees. When she began compiling entries for The Folded Clock, she had no intention of publishing them in a sleek, bound book, but did hope to share them with her children one day." (Read more here)

18 Brilliant Books You Won't Want To Miss This Summer

"The year 2015 has already given us a new Toni Morrison masterpiece and a brilliant sophomore opus from Hanya Yanagihara, as well as a few dazzling debuts, but the summer ahead looks no less promising. We've compiled a few of the enticing reads we're most excited for in the next few, hopefully warmer, months." (Read more here)

The Rich History Of Nepalese Culture, Some Of Which Is Lost Forever

"As of now, over 4,800 people have been killed by the natural disaster [in Nepal], although the full scale of the damage has yet to be determined, as many mountainous areas and faraway villages remain unreachable. Prime Minister Sushil Koirala told Reuters the death toll could reach 10,000, a number exceeding the 8,500 deaths that occurred in the 1934 earthquake. Aside from the thousands of lives lost, Nepal's culture was irreparably wounded, as well." (Read more here)

12 Things To Search For At The Brand New Whitney Museum

"As the museum awaits the flood of visitors knocking down its doors this weekend, here's a guide to navigating New York's newest cultural addition. From works on view in the show 'America is Hard to See,' to the architectural additions that make the building unique, these are the facets you mustn't miss at the Whitney. It's a big place, so why not play treasure hunt?" (Read more here)

Maybe The Best Place To Store Your Favorite Photos Is On Old-Fashioned Paper

"Digital cameras let us take hundreds of photos. We keep them on our phones, somewhere on our laptops, or entrust them to Facebook, with the more advanced among us burning some to DVDs or storing the RAW files on an external hard drive. But the plain fact is that we don't have to print photos anymore and stick them in vaguely organized shoeboxes until the day we decide to look at them again. So most of us don't. Computers have, once more, offered a simpler solution to archiving personal pictures. Huzzah! Except maybe they haven't." (Read more here)

Why Lucille Ball Was More Revolutionary Than You Think

"Since 'I Love Lucy' premiered in 1951, star Lucille Ball has been one of America's most worshipped performers. Long after the show went off the air, new generations continue to discover her hilarity in syndicated 'I Love Lucy' episodes. But while most know Ball paved the way for future women in comedy, they may not understand the exact magnitude of her influence on Hollywood. More than 60 years after 'I Love Lucy' began, the ramifications of Ball's groundbreaking strides are still hugely present in the television industry." (Read more here)

Why Lucille Ball Was More Revolutionary Than You Think

"Dropping the word 'enlightenment' into a novel's title can be read as a provocation of sorts. It implies certain aspirations, certain promises of insight and revelatory character development. In Andrea Gillies' The Enlightenment of Nina Findlay, this insinuated promise is an ever-elusive lure seducing us through the story of a middle-aged woman recovering from an injury, and the end of her marriage, in a Greek hospital." (Read more here)