This week's list
GREAT:
Calvin Trillin is one of the best nonfiction writers of all time. So much of his work, especially his food writing, featured his wife, Alice, as a muse and a comedic presence. When she passed away, he wrote About Alice, which is one of the most lovely and funny pieces of writing I've ever read. Here's an excerpt. Alice was a writer herself and her article in the New England Journal of Medicine about the experience of being a cancer patient has, for many years now, been used to train doctors. Both Alice and Calvin's work proves that even in the midst of tragedy, it's possible to find beauty and laughter. Of Dragons and Garden Peas
FUNNY:
Ramy Youssef created and stars in a critically acclaimed TV show. He's got an HBO comedy special coming out. In a lot of ways, it seems like he's hitting the traditional path of showbiz success. But he's subverting expectations about what that success should look like. His real life best friend, Steve Way, who has muscular dystrophy, co-stars on the sitcom. And instead of the typical talkshow chitchat, Ramy talked about his faith and his father's immigrant experience with Colbert. "I Wish Muslims Prayed on Sundays"
INTERESTING:
Jonny Sun built a following with his tweets in the character of a very emotional alien who is beginning to understand life on Earth. Now he writes for my favorite TV show, Bojack Horseman, when he's not co-authoring a book with Lin-Manuel Miranda or giving a TED Talk or getting his PhD in urban studies at MIT. How does a person like him manage to be so insanely productive? The NYT found out in his work diary. Correct Spellign Optoinal, Creativity Mandatory
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Chris
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