Books + Bits
Pandora Sykes, Martha Adams, Ochuko AkpovbovboA Pandora's Box of books and culture recs
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Bits #77
dopamine sites, classic novellas, The Pitt, and saying no when you want to say yes
My most popular rec of all time is not some gorgeous piece of longform journalism or a stunning documentary, but last week’s handheld fan. So here’s an enco...
2 Girls 1 Book: Honey by Imani Thompson
Welcome back to 2 Girls 1 Book, a monthly cross-post where Ochuko Akpovbovbo and Pandora Sykes chat about a book via Google Docs. For our 14th edition, we are discussing a bold new addition to the dark academia canon: Honey, by Imani Thomps...
Bits #76
on David Sedaris, the social media ban, 'tasteslop' + 20 years of Esther Perel
Hello! I hope my Brit readers are faring okay. I know we joke about how the UK loses its knickers every time it gets hot, but we aren’t set up for this kind of...
INTERVIEW: Elizabeth Strout
The week before last, I had the pleasure of interviewing Elizabeth Strout in London about her eleventh novel, The Things We Never Say. It was a gig that came with a degree of anxiety: Strout, a Pultizer prizewinning novelist beloved by writ...
Bits #75
Plus, the Tracey Emin exhibition, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, telly for frazzled minds and lots of things to read
My son keeps asking me if he can watch Baby Reindeer because “it sounds so cute! I love baby reindeers [sic].”
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