I am in the middle of the gorgeously written My Escapee by Corinna Vallianatos. The spot-on NYT review is HERE. The title story is one of the finest I’ve read this year, and the cover art you see here is also, simply, amazing. I couldn’t wait until I finished the book to share my excitement for these stories. Check it out soon!

GQ Magazine has published an incredibly important longform essay on male sexual assault in the military. Read it HERE. It’s difficult material, but we must confront the stories. It’s vital we recognize and combat the evil that is sexual assault everywhere.

One of the finest-beautiful-engaging essays about sports (or anything else) is “The String Theory” by David Foster Wallace. Read it HERE.   One of my all-time favorite passages: “Americans revere athletic excellence, competitive success, and it’s more than lip service we pay; we vote with our wallets. We’ll pay large sums to watch a truly great athlete; we’ll reward him with celebrity and adulation and will even go so far as to buy products and … Continued