#sundayread for May 16, 2021

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My picks for #sundayread for May 16, 2021:
- Flashback: Some thoughts on teaching
https://itswa.de/2RVmJSk / https://itswa.de/2RVYyna - The soul in soul food: The 70-year institution known as Eagle’s Restaurant in Birmingham
By Bob Carlton @ExcitableBob
#Bhameats - At the dawn of the pandemic: Inside the nightmare voyage of the Diamond Princess
By @DougBockClark
(h/t @longreads) #COVID19 - Ten years ago this week, what were our #sundayread recommendations?
https://bit.ly/2PxkXpX - The Importance of Restraint in Writing: My pals @ChipScanlan and @KimHCross discuss her methods
- Oral history of the Dawson crying GIF and its outsized legacy
By @ConstanceGrady - Flashback: 34 rules for bagging
- What we learned in quarantine: Essays from the start of the pandemic lockdown
From @NYTimes
(h/t @longreads) - My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?
By Gabrielle Hamilton
(h/t @longreads) - Flashback: From 2006, Taylor Hicks’ whirlwind hometown visit as an “American Idol” Top 3 competitor
#Bham - John Swartzwelder @jjswartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons”
By @MichaelBSacks
(via @rothkopf) - The End of Miss America
By @LyzL enz
(h/t @longreads) - Inside the Early Days of China’s #Coronavirus Coverup
By Shawn Yuan @shawnxyuan
(h/t @longreads) - Mads Mikkelsen @theofficialmads Takes Everything and Nothing Seriously
By @E_AlexJung
(h/t @lucyj_ford)
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More #sundayread:
- All tweets for May 16 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me