Recent Reads
Life in Trump’s America remains an enervating and conscience-shocking slog, but nonetheless onward we must press.
Here are some excellent pieces of writing I’ve enjoyed recently.
I really enjoy Elissa Altman’s writing. This essay is great:
the fundamental tangle of joy and pain* - by Elissa Altman
The Summer the Roses Died
My buddy and Chicago restaurant colleague Liz Mendez is a very interesting writer and thinker who can really write:
Steps of Service to Solidarity - by Liz Mendez
The Hospitality to Activism Pipeline
I’m a big Michael Harriot fan, and his take on that ridiculous Zohran Mamdani New York Times hit piece is probably the best one yet written, although Margaret Sullivan’s Guardian piece, as “Public Editor in Exile” was also excellent.
Is The New York Times Racist? - by Michael Harriot
What does America's most powerful newspaper using a race scientist as a source mean for journalism?
I adore Talia Lavin’s writing, and her series of sandwich essays are funny, incisive and rich in history:
Notable Sandwiches July 4th Special: Barbecue • Buttondown
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, led gently by my brilliant and long-suffering editor David Swanson, wade through the rough waters of...
And for some comic relief, this Samantha Irby banger from May:
