Outside Reading — кофе edition
This week featuring: Felicity Spector on a Ukraine coffee shop, Alex Carp on rare languages in New York City, and George Gene Gustines on the life of Ramona Fradon. Continue reading Outside Reading — кофе edition
Category: Politics
Outside Reading — Blue Cheese edition
This week featuring: Christina Lieffring on Wisconsin Democrats, Delaney Tarr on U.S. gun violence, and Sam Adams on one of the great performances of 2023. Continue reading Outside Reading — Blue Cheese edition
Outside Reading — Taylor-Made edition
Featuring articles by Brian Hiatt and Charles M. Blow Continue reading Outside Reading — Taylor-Made edition
Outside Reading — Is It Fast Enough So We Can Fly Away? edition
This week: Sarah Kendizor on the enduring truth of Tracy Chapman’s most famous song, and The New York Times reports on librarians under attack Continue reading Outside Reading — Is It Fast Enough So We Can Fly Away? edition
Outside Reading — Academy Fight Song edition
Articles from Stephen L. Carter, Alissa Wilkinson, and Jeremy Herbert Continue reading Outside Reading — Academy Fight Song edition
Outside Reading — The Less I Seek My Source for Some Definitive edition
The Oscars Are Confused About “Barbie” by Michael Schulman A couple weeks back, one of the hosts of the addictive podcast Little Gold Men ruefully predicted that all hell would break loose online if Greta Gerwig wasn’t among the nominees … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Less I Seek My Source for Some Definitive edition
Outside Reading — Spin with Me edition
Annie Nightingale didn’t only kick down doors in radio – she held them open by Fiona Sturges Fiona Sturges writes this splendid remembrance of Annie Nightingale, the first woman — and, for a shockingly long time the only woman — to … Continue reading Outside Reading — Spin with Me edition
Outside Reading — Huddled Masses edition
The Democrats Are Falling Into a Trap on Immigration Again by Pedro Gerson Another election year, another cycle of Democrats cravenly acquiescing to the fear-mongering of the right. Same as it ever was. Of course, the media is culpable, too. … Continue reading Outside Reading — Huddled Masses edition
Outside Reading — Veritas edition
What Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me by Claudine Gay The New York Times got played by right-wing muckrakers. The most important newspaper in the country drastically over-covered the ginned up controversies around Claudine Gay, which led directly to … Continue reading Outside Reading — Veritas edition
Outside Reading — Six from 2023
For the past few years, I come every Saturday to my little corner of the digital world to celebrate the pieces written by other people that most deeply burrowed into my brain when I read them during the preceding week. … Continue reading Outside Reading — Six from 2023
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