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WFH Library Links 14 - January 28th, 2022
January 28, 2022
Reading I enjoyed Gemma Sieff's introduction to the writing of Evan S Connell, a midcentury American writer I'd never heard of. I always appreciate a profile...
WFH Links 13 - January 14th, 2022
January 14, 2022
Hello everyone! Here are some great things I’ve been reading in the past two weeks. (Book Review) The wonderful Patricia Lockwood reviewed the newest Karl...
WFH Links 12 - The Best Essays of 2021
January 12, 2022
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you were all able to spend some time with your families and loved ones over the holidays. I tried to send this back on...
WFH Links #11 - October 22, 2021
October 22, 2021
Thread on the current shipping crisis and the Port of Los Angeles TIL that for the first 18 months of WW2, American torpedoes missed or failed to explode...
Friday Links 8/27/21
August 28, 2021
(Education) Agnes Callard wrote about the ideal, mostly invisible purpose of the American university, and the “real” scandal indicated by the public reaction...
The Reading List (and Links) - August 14th 2021
August 14, 2021
Friends, Romans, Newsletter subscribers - Here are some thoughts about the things I’ve been reading in the earlier summer (May - June). I hope something here...
Saturday Links - 7/31/21
July 31, 2021
Becca Rothfeld on James Wood's Inspired Reading: as she concludes this piece, "we choose the rivals we hope to deserve." I have been blown away by Ms....
Friday Links - 7/23/21
July 23, 2021
This video of Michael Pollan discussing the ‘caffeinated self’ led me and Kirsten to a great conversation about the substances (even common and seemingly...
Monday Links 7/12/21
July 13, 2021
It’s been a while since you’ve seen one of these, hasn’t it? Since I last sent a newsletter we have packed up our apartment in Texas, camped across the...
Tuesday Links 5/25/21
May 26, 2021
Ever since I read Robert Caro’s magnificent book The Power Broker, I’ve been fascinated by any biography that demonstrates how a leader acquired and wielded...
The Reading List - May 23rd 2021
May 23, 2021
Hello everyone - In Twenty Six, I promised to share what I’ve been reading and thinking about over the last few weeks. Here is part I of that promise. Wages...
Twenty Six
May 19, 2021
On my birthday I started the dubious undertaking of counting my blessings. As an exercise in gratitude, I'd like to present some lessons I've learned from...
Wednesday Links 5/5/21
May 5, 2021
Happy May Day, everyone! I hope you had a lovely dance around the Maypole, whether you were celebrating the Floralia or the dictatorship of the proletariat....
Monday Links 4/26/21
April 26, 2021
Happy Monday, everybody! Here are 5 interesting things to start your week. (Social Media) I found this essay about the Internet’s population of celebrity...
Friday Links 4/16/21
April 16, 2021
Happy Friday everybody - Here are five quick things that I found interesting this week: [Psychology] Are we overlooking the role of free will when we talk...
Friday Links 4/9/21
April 9, 2021
Welcome to the weekend everyone! Over the winter I compiled some favorite links each week on my blog. I decided to restart that practice but shift the...
The Reading List - March 28th 2021
March 31, 2021
Hello everyone- February was a bizarre month, but in between the winter storm and changing projects at work I was able to spend some great time skiing with...
The Reading List - March 7th 2021
March 8, 2021
Hello everyone! As many of you know, Texas had a rather interesting February, and I spent the week I’d ordinarily have written this review helping push cars...
The Reading List - January 23rd 2021
January 23, 2021
Happy belated New Year, everyone! I hope that all of you were able to take time to reflect on the past year and make some goals for this one. For my part,...
Alex's Reading List - December 16th, 2020
December 17, 2020
Happy Holidays, everyone! I hope that all of you are finding somewhere cozy to hole up with family for a while (and something to read when family is too...
Alex's Reading List - October 19th, 2020
October 19, 2020
|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| ** Alex's Reading List - October 19th, 2020 Hello everyone, I had great conversations with several of you in the past month resulting from...