In April of 2017 Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction. I am relieved to discover that, because the idea that there was a better, more eloquent, well researched, and presented book released in the competition period I would have eaten my hat. Or your hat, I have trouble finding one that fits me. Desmond is a Harvard sociologist and a MacArthur “Genius” grant winner, which is shorthand for this dude is awesome (he’s in […]
Officially Did Not Finish, 2016
A few years ago, I came to the realization that I did not have to finish a book, if I wasn’t enjoying it. This was – to say the least – a startling revelation for me, because I had previously trudged through every. single. word. of every. single. book., even if I despised it. It led to some pretty miserable reading days. But since I’ve stopped doing that, I not only read more, I enjoy what I’m reading more, because I know that I’m reading […]