💬 Thursday Thread: What are you reading?
Books, articles, Substacks, let's talk about it all
We’re less than two weeks from the election, so most of my reading includes articles about the election, like this one from the New York Times about how gender is a defining election issue. I’m also enjoying
’s new Substack Fresh Hell.I’m always curious what other people are reading, no matter what form the reading comes in. 👉 So for today’s Thursday thread, here’s what I’d like to know:
What are you reading? Maybe it’s a great book or an article that resonated with you. Maybe it’s a new Substack you’ve come across. Share it in the comments!
When you’re stressed out (for example, right before an election that will change the course of democracy), what types of reading do you gravitate toward? Escapism? Realism?
And be sure to check out what your fellow community members are reading!
Welcome to the Thursday Threads, a weekly chance for us to connect with one another in the comments. Join me and other readers as we navigate important discussions. And a note: a difference of opinion is always okay, being unkind to one another is not. Let’s keep these conversations respectful.
Letter from an American by Heather Cox Richardson for historical context to today’s news, Civil Discourse by Joyce White Vance for the legal perspective of today’s politics, and WTF is Going on with Politics by Robin Snyder for her sharp wit on today’s politics. All women, if you didn’t notice. ;) And all on Substack!
I do my deepest reading on planes (so indulgent, and so much easier to focus on challenging content when trapped in a tiny economy seat for ten hours, as I was yesterday!!). Yesterday I read cover-to-cover: the Economist, the Atlantic, and Vanity Fair. Wish I had picked up Bob Woodward’s “War” before flying—it will be my next read. I’ve been on an American history tear since 2020; reading black historians’ work is making me a more educated American.