{"id":56862,"date":"2023-05-10T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=56862"},"modified":"2023-05-11T10:15:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:15:16","slug":"essential-reading-signaled-in-the-night-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2023\/05\/essential-reading-signaled-in-the-night-sky.html","title":{"rendered":"Essential Reading Signaled in the Night Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The Flower Moon, seen over Byron Bay, Australia, on May 6 (at left), was a reminder of David Grann&#8217;s riveting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/208562\/killers-of-the-flower-moon-by-david-grann\/\">KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI<\/a>, which is essential reading to understand the history of America&#8217;s marauding westward &#8216;progress.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/flower-moon-may-6-seen-over-byron-bay-australia-560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56861\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/flower-moon-may-6-seen-over-byron-bay-australia-560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/flower-moon-may-6-seen-over-byron-bay-australia-560.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"560,846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"flower moon may 6 seen over byron bay, australia (560).\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/flower-moon-may-6-seen-over-byron-bay-australia-560-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/flower-moon-may-6-seen-over-byron-bay-australia-560.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/flower-moon-may-6-seen-over-byron-bay-australia-560.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56861\" width=\"353\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/flower-moon-may-6-seen-over-byron-bay-australia-560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/flower-moon-may-6-seen-over-byron-bay-australia-560-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Flower Moon over Byron Bay, Australia.<\/em> <em>earlier this month.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/208562\/killers-of-the-flower-moon-by-david-grann\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/killers-of-the-flower-moon-cover\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KILLERS-OF-THE-FLOWER-MOON-cover.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"438,699\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KILLERS-OF-THE-FLOWER-MOON-cover-188x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KILLERS-OF-THE-FLOWER-MOON-cover.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KILLERS-OF-THE-FLOWER-MOON-cover.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56906\" width=\"332\" height=\"530\" title=\"Published in 2017 by Penguin Random house.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KILLERS-OF-THE-FLOWER-MOON-cover.jpeg 438w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KILLERS-OF-THE-FLOWER-MOON-cover-188x300.jpeg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flower Moon, seen over Byron Bay, Australia, on May 6, was a reminder of David Grann&#8217;s riveting &#8216;KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI,&#8221; which is essential reading to understand the history of America&#8217;s  marauding westward 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