James M. Fallows

2/2 If you’ve read “angry folk in a diner” “people are different ‘out there’” “who lives in these places anyway?” stories, please follow these upcoming reports from Mississippi *high school* students about their home towns. [link] @OurTowns @ThomasEasterli7

This thread is worth reading.

Very nice piece by my friend @MrWalterShapiro on why Biden should make an actual whistle-stop train tour.

is a friend and a writer who does not waste a word. [link] This is important to read.

Great publishing-world tale by @ricredman, on his own book ‘Bones of Hilo’ and James Kestrel’s ‘Five Decembers,’ from @HardCaseCrime . Worth reading both books, and this new article.

Great and important thread by @doctorow

A very good piece by @ec_blueearbooks on the late Paul Farmer. It is different from a lot else you might have read about Farmer.

Excellent interview by our friend @jonathanalter , with our friend (and one-time employer) @RalphNader

Excellent piece by @mckaycoppins on the two people who have done more than Rupert Murdoch to destroy the civic purpose of American journalism: Randall Smith and Heath Freeman. (See also: https://t.co/ICSI404xXN )

@annehelen Great essay.

@jordanschnyc Thanks! Very good interview.