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Best of what I’ve been reading, from essays to short stories to interviews. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An essay by The Correspondent (sewing together many facts and pieces you already knew) on how the US has for long not been a democracy but a kleptocracy: Dear news media, stop covering the US as if it\u2019s a democracy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A brief yet painfully anguishing story in The New Yorker on how humans have been destroying our oceans’ whale populations for hundreds of years, with an ever-growing recklessness. The author Amia Srinivasan asks: What Have We Done to the Whale?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A nostalgic interview<\/a> with The editor at The Paris Review, Maxine Groffsky. On her longwinded path to becoming a TPR editor and her years in their Paris office, sidelined by trips to Italian villas and last-minute visits to their printer in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Yorker profile on Yuval Noah Harari: Yuval Noah Harari\u2019s History of Everyone, Ever<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay in The Times Literary Supplement on our addiction to documenting our lives in pictures: Visually speaking: The new ubiquity of photographic images<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Yorker story on the environmental impact of eating meat & the brands working on alternative solutions: Can a Burger Help Solve Climate Change?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An essay from the Purple Magazine’ Brain issue on how plants experience the world through their completely different body structure: Plants Know<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another essay from the same Purple Magazine issue on how our brains have become increasingly wired through technological advancements and globalization: The World Brain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An essay from Frieze on the climate impact of flying (from an art world perspective, but applies to all of us): Can the Art World Kick Its Addiction to Flying?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times story on the KitKat craze in Japan: In Japan, Kit Kat Isn’t Just a Chocolate. It’s an Obsession<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joan Didion’s Essay from the New York Times’ archive: Why I Write<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview with Milan Kundera on the purpose of literature and his writing style: Milan Kundera, The Art of Fiction No. 81<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What else to browse: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times’ section covering climate and green topics: Climate and Environment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More essays and interviews from the Purple Magazine: Latest issues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more literary & anthropological essays: Times Literary Supplement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interviews section of the Paris Review: Interviews<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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