The Nuts: A curated breakdown of high-signal reading to help you cut through the noise. This month features crime fiction with soul, a classic pillar of literary friendship, an iconic American epic, and a rubric for walking away from hyped clunkers.
Read MoreA breakdown of why I walked away from one of the most hyped books of the year (less than) halfway through. A somewhat harsh but honest look at specific "red flags" that could trigger any discerning reader's exit strategy.
Read MoreIntroducing (Better) Books, a reading filter for your mind, a newsletter rebranding, and an antidote to the algorithmic rot destroying our brains. This post breaks down why the book form is irreplaceable and shares the 9 "Super Soft Skills" that reading books helps you build to navigate real life.
Read MoreOriginally published as an ebook in 2019, Pumpernickel & Peanut Butter is now available to read here, unaltered and in its entirety. Through original charts, tables, and case studies, the book-turned-essay explores seven reasons why weird works, when it doesn’t, why it’s difficult to maintain, and how to reclaim your own weirdness if you’ve lost it.
Above all, it challenges you to consider why you haven’t been compounding your weirdness all along. I hope you enjoy it. (If not, just remember: I wrote this seven years ago. 🙃)
Read MoreTrack: Where Only the Graves Are Real
Length: 3:14
Album: Joe Hill’s Ashes (2010)
Artist: Otis Gibbs
Songwriters: Otis Gibbs
Favorite part: “Where are my true friends, where did they go?…
Read MoreTrack: By and By
Length: 4:40
Album: By and By (2019)
Artist: Caamp
Songwriters: Evan Westfall, Mathew Vinson, & Taylor Meier
Favorite part: “Lookin back over my life…
Read MoreTrack: My Diamond Is Too Rough
Length: 5:36
Album: Fear and Saturday Night (2015)
Artist: Ryan Bingham
Songwriters: Ryan Bingham
Favorite part: “I’d never trade it for their love…
Read MoreTrack: Beaumont
Length: 3:27
Album: Trouble in Mind (2008)
Artist: Hayes Carll
Songwriters: Hayes Carll
Favorite part: “And the way you looked up at me…
Read MoreTrack: Love and Mercy
Length: 2:56
Album: Brian Wilson (1988)
Artist: Brian Wilson
Songwriters: Brian Wilson
Favorite part: “I was standing in a bar…
Read MoreTrack: Wasted Days
Length: 4:31
Album: Strictly a One-Eyed Jack (2022)
Artist: John Mellencamp ft. Bruce Springsteen
Songwriters: John Mellencamp
Favorite part: “How much sorrow is there left to climb?…”
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