Calder’s debut book - a series of loosely linked vignettes - was funny and fresh in some areas (the one on quotidian office going ons stood out) but I wonder if he’s so highly hyped because of Sally Rooney’s endorsement?
His writing reminds me most of Rooney’s - is that why she endorsed him? 😂💙📚
Good summary 🤭
Heart-tugging, laconic novel about the family you make and how trauma can intersect with serendipity 💙📚
This “MoU” would give the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk a run in the history book for how one-sided it is, though bear in mind (1) this is only a MoU and therefore not quite worth the paper it’s written on, (2) this is the Iranian interpretation in lieu of the actual text being released
Timely, arresting book by Prof Bartov on missed opportunities and ethnonationalistic perversions of history and even literature. One admires his commitment to dialogue to try to change things amidst a broader atmosphere of despair and resignation 💙📚
No matter what you or I might think about the editing at the NYT these days, or how much Trump pretends he doesn't care, he *does* care a lot about what the Times says. So I'm really glad they are saying this.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
5 months in. 5 months to go. 5 points up in the polls.
People said the fans would burn the city to the ground if the Knicks somehow won the thing. Instead, it's just communal joy.
Edward Luce in the Financial Times about Musk:
Helen Kennedy
Trump’s ‘Deal’ Is Just Suing for Peace in a War He Lost Months Ago talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Mary Peltola
We again have a possible ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran...
Mehr releases what it says are details of the Iran-US MoU:
Shipwreck
The president waged an unnecessary war, cratered the economy and wound up losing it anyway, and to celebrate his failures, he's going to throw himself a big birthday party with UFC fighters and dirt bike ramps and fireworks and cake and ice cream and
