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“Character Limit-How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter”

https://t.ly/4qyHV This is a tough book to read. But I recommend it to anyone who needs to know that they are capable, that all they have to do is declare themselves competent, jump into the pool and act. We expect this in entertainment. People come to Hollywood with no portfolio, only braggadocio, and they gladhand, […]

The Postcard

https://t.ly/sBx9m This is a stupendous book. We’re watching this Apple TV series “Women in Blue,” not that anybody’s e-mailed me about it, not that there’s a buzz, but it has great RottenTomatoes ratings, 100/86. It’s a Mexican series inspired by real events about a killer and the government’s decision to hire women on the police […]

The New Sally Rooney Book

“Intermezzo”: https://t.ly/PviP_ Don’t run out and buy this book without reading the below! Sometimes people see a headline and they take that as a ringing endorsement. This is a little more complicated. In case you don’t know, Sally Rooney is the hot new Irish writer. Well, not so new anymore. Her first book came out […]

Tell Me Everything

https://shorturl.at/RdLfw This is a fantastic book. (And easy to read too!) For those of you not on the Strout train… You’re the lucky ones, because you can go back and read all the books that preceded this one. If, like me, you’re totally up to date, you’ll be fascinated by the fact that seemingly every […]