#sundayread for January 19, 2020

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My picks for #sundayread for January 19, 2020:
- I listened to Malcolm @Gladwell’s “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking”: interesting stuff, but I’m a little more wary of psychological studies and pretty anecdotes.
[aff. link] https://amzn.to/366m0iO - The First White President
By Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Places Where the Recession Never Ended: Q&A with historian @TaraWestover
By @JeffreyGoldberg
(via @sundaylongread) - Ten years ago this week, what were our #sundayread recommendations?
https://bit.ly/2TAnxLj - Our Last Home
By @JesseSoloff - “We’ll go to the hospital for a birth, and go home without a baby.”
By @RoyceYoung - Flashback: Better event marketing: the basics
- This Is for Boston
By @IsaiahThomas - From 1971: Dick Butkus: One season and one injury with the meanest man alive
By Arthur Kretchmer
(via @sundaylongread) - Flashback: Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 48
- Fantasy vs. reality: The rise and fall of one-game wonder Jonas Gray
By Elizabeth Merrill @MerrillLiz
(via @sundaylongread) - Gimme Shelter: The cost of living in the Bay Area
By @WesEnzinna
(via @sundaylongread) - Even Nobodies Have Fans Now: The Rise of Podcasters
By @JamieKeiles
(via @sundaylongread) - What @RohanNadkarni Learned When He Lost 50 Pounds
(via @sundaylongread)
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- All tweets for January 19 #sundayread
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