The Guardian
‘Without books, we would not have made it’: Valeria Luiselli on the power of fiction
3 min · · The Mexican author won the Dublin literary award last week for Lost Children Archive. She reflects on how reading and writing have helped her through the pandemic · Shared by 14, including Rick Powell, Dean Anthony Gratton
Inc.
Tim Ferriss Says You Should Read These 3 Books to Be More Resilient
2 min · · In a podcast with Arianna Huffington, the 4-Hour Workweek author explained how he handles difficult times. · Shared by 158, including Rick Powell, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao
The New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2020
6 min · · The editors of The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year. · Shared by 224, including aubrey blanche-sarellano (she/her), Bilal Aslam, Rick Powell, Katja Evertz, Jose Luis Orihuela, Sam Sifton, Nico Luchsinger, NYTimes Communications
The New York Times
A New Testament to the Fury and Beauty of Activism During the AIDS Crisis
5 min · · Sarah Schulman’s “Let the Record Show” is a history of ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, based on 17 years of interviews with nearly 200 members of the organization. · Shared by 45, including Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Alison Bechdel, David Wallace-Wells, Gregg Gonsalves, Kyle Chayka, Rick Powell, Mar Hicks
jonathanrosenbaum.net
Recommended Reading: THE CROSS OF REDEMPTION
1 min · · THE CROSS OF REDEMPTION: UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS by James Baldwin, edited and with an introduction by Randall Kenan, New York: Pant6heon Books, 2010, 307 pp. I’ve only barely started to familiarize… · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
Guernica Magazine
The Porous Boundaries of Longing
5 min · · Garth Greenwell's Cleanness is consciously, cannily, canonical. · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
The Chronicle of Higher Education
If Classics Doesn’t Change, Let It Burn
· Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
The New York Times
What’s Fauci Reading? We Take Another Look at Celebrity Bookshelves
6 min · · This year is finally coming to an end, so here is one last peek at the books behind Chris Rock, Jeff Bezos, Jemele Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and more. · Shared by 122, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Rick Powell, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Paul Kedrosky, Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
The New Yorker
The Best Books We Read in 2020
3 min · · The fiction and nonfiction, old and new, that kept us going. · Shared by 203, including Jeremy Caplan, Rick Powell, Kate Lee, Stephanie A Kowalski
Five Books
Best Philosophy Books 2020 | Five Books Expert Recommendations
20+ min · · The best of many excellent popular philosophy books that came out in 2020, recommended by Nigel Warburton, philosopher, podcaster and author. · Shared by 199, including Ceferino Díaz, Dr Skye Cleary, Logical Analysis, Diane Coyle, Barry C Smith, Angie Hobbs, Rick Powell, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Carly, Katja Evertz, Bilal Aslam
The New Statesman
Why Goodreads is bad for books
9 min · · On a typical day, a long-time user of Goodreads, the world's largest community for reviewing and recommending books, will feel like they're losing their mind. After numerous frustrated attempts to… · Shared by 309, including Sachin Rekhi, Brad Brooks, Carl Morris, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Gabriele, Bilal Aslam, Lynn Cherny, Rick Powell, Jane
torforgeblog.com
Ready to Go on a Grand Adventure in Space…?
4 min · · Love is love, especially in space. Today, we're bringing you some of our favorite SFF titles that feature LGBTQ+ characters on intergalactic adventures. · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
publicbooks.org
Pandemic Syllabus
11+ min · · Disease has never been merely a biological phenomenon. Instead, all illnesses—including COVID-19—are social problems for humans to solve. · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Five Books
An Essential Reading List from George Monbiot
20+ min · · George Monbiot recommends books that have shaped him as an essential reading list to help you in navigating the current environmental crises. · Shared by 156, including Kevin Roberts, George Monbiot, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Brad Brooks, Rick Powell, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Philipp Laurim
Slate
“White Fragility” Has a Whiteness Problem
19+ min · · Robin DiAngelo can only take white progressives so far. · Shared by 21, including Mathew Ingram, Rick Powell
Slate
There’s Been a Run on Anti-Racist Books
3 min · · Books like How to Be an Antiracist and The New Jim Crow are outselling the new Hunger Games. · Shared by 33, including Brian Stelter, Larry Ferlazzo, Rick Powell