Sundayread

#sundayread for February 9, 2020

Photo: George Tan (CC)

My picks for #sundayread for February 9, 2020:

• I listened to Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” It’s a classic, but I found myself somewhat bored.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2uw0Iyb
• Catholic Leaders Promised Transparency About Child Abuse. They Haven’t Delivered.
  By Lexi Churchill @LChurchilll, Ellis Simani @emsimani and Topher Sanders @reportertopher
• Can Gee’s Bend, the Tiny Alabama Community Behind America’s Most Dazzling Quilts, Become an Art Destination to Rival Marfa?
  By @JuliaHalperin
• Ten years ago this week, what were our #sundayread recommendations?
  https://bit.ly/2uu2lwt
• How Hollywood Boulevard’s star Superman wound up homeless, then dead in the Valley
  By Nita Lelyveld @LATimescitybeat
• Poll: In U.S., Library Visits Outpaced Trips to Movies in 2019 (yay!)
  By @JustinKMcCarthy
• This seems quaint now. Flashback: Blogging fear: Publishing false info
• After 20 years of heartache with his autistic twins, a Seahawks legend finds some peace
  By @DaveBoling
• The Fallout From Sportswriting’s Filthiest Fuck-Up
  By @JeffPearlman
• Flashback: 10 years ago, a “Survivor” winner from Alabama tries to do it all over again.
• The strange psychology of Reddit’s r/RoastMe
  By @EmmaKBetuel
• The Detective of Northern Oddities
  By @ChrisASolomon
• Ten Lessons I Learned While Teaching Myself to Code
  By Clive Thompson @pomeranian99
• The God Phone
  By @Leora_Smith
  (via @TKDano)

More posts from me this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Building bridges

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for February 9 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me