My top 2019 reads: gotta say, none as stellar as the top ones of some books below, but maybe it's me. The year started with Lisa Ko's The Leavers, fantastic saga about a Chinese family in America (sagas make great holiday reads). Two books here were recommended by my friend Zora, Fleischman is in Trouble, … Continue reading Yearly Faves
Consequences for higher education, work, and the care of bodies. That’s a rather grandiose title for this post, which spruiks just two pieces recently uploaded by historians. But I think they are among the best short things I’ve read this year; and they speak unusually well to each other. The first is by Frances Flanagan, an … Continue reading Historians on the Automated Future
Last year I was honored to launch the latest book by my friend and collaborator, Mike McDonnell. The transcript is below. You are all Mike’s friends and colleagues, so you probably know—or you should know—the basic gist of this book. If you don’t: it’s about the Native Americans who live at the top end of … Continue reading Masters of Empire
