Sunday Morning Reads 1/3/21
Congrats everyone, we officially made it through 2020! I hope everyone had a safe and joyful New Year’s Eve / Day.
Now let’s move on to 2021 shall we?
Samuel Kronen gives us a long read on the history and legacy of Ralph Ellison, and how his efforts to transcend race in describing the human experience left him out of step in both his time and ours
Ben Popkin writes about how those temporary COVID fuel departures from big cities are looking to be permanent and not just for the reasons you’d think
Eli Dourado makes a good argument that the 2020’s will mark the end of The Great Stagnation
Oliver Traldi highlights how the trend of specifically curated credibility bookshelves shows that nobody actually reads books (or much of anything) anymore
David Gawvey Herbert tells the sordid story of decades of corruption in…the NYC lifeguard corps (is there ANY part of the NYC public sector that isn’t corrupt?)
Noah Smith explains why it’s better to give money to Tiny Tim than Scrooge, using economics and charts
And a preview of upcoming events - it seems my schedule is going to settle down some sooooo hopefully you’ll be seeing a bit more of me here
See you next week!
Jen