Tucci time.
The UK announces a new post-Brexit tariff regime to replace the European Union’s external tariff. 1/23
A Federalist approach to reopening the United States by July 4 would require color-coded zones across the country and testing, testing, testing. 2/23
With the pandemic still spreading fast, the US and its allies may be forced to sideline foreign policy priorities. 3/23
Mail-forwarding requests show where well-off New York City residents fled to: New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut. 4/23
Photographs from twenty years ago this week, when an earthquake struck Mount St. Helens. 5/23
Fox health experts and Fox opinion hosts go head-to-head after the president says he takes hydorxychloroquine as a prophylaxis for coronavirus. 6/23
A long (but ultimately mild) take-down of Ronan Farrow finds much reporting lacking sufficient corroboration. 7/23
Related: Responses from the New Yorker, Farrow, and the media generally. 8/23
In case you followed the Alison Roman debacle, maybe it's time to reconsider Guy Fieri, “the last unproblematic food person.” Better idea: we all just move in with Stanley Tucci. 9/23
See also: A good piece on Roman and the “exhausting prevalence of ethnic erasure in popular food culture.” (Credit for several of these food links to the terrific Nisha’s Internet Tote Bag.) 10/23
Art critic Jerry Saltz explains why he has a food and coffee ritual that some consider disgusting. 11/23
A beloved barrio shop becomes Los Angeles's first liquor store on wheels. 12/23
A new jacket made from 11 kilometers of copper yarn—"a known virus-killing material for generations"—available for $1,095. 13/23
“You only need a waist up outfit. Very low commitment.” Single Texans discuss speed-dating on Zoom. 14/23
Your weekly white paper says sex work may not be “the principal mechanism linking fracking to gonorrhea growth." 15/23
The BBC asked people to share the last "normal" picture they took with their phone, before social distancing. 16/23
A Korean soccer club apologizes for filling its stands with sex dolls, some of them waving ads for x-rated websites. 17/23
China announces a ban on plagiarizing foreign architecture in favor of local culture. 18/23
An essay by Paul Virilio on why he loves the “the Atlantic Wall”—some 1,500 bunkers left behind in France from WWII. 19/23
New York City billboards host work by artists like Jenny Holzer made in support of essential workers. Also, some recent works by painter Jake Troyli. 20/23
A good conversation with ESPN’s Bomani Jones on the differences between Michael Jordan and today’s “super-athletes.” 21/23
The record for the "cannonball run"—driving from New York to California as fast as possible—reportedly has been beaten seven times since lockdown. 22/23
A poem for your week: “Western Motel” by Anne Carson, via Pome. And your weekly soothe: a livestream of Yosemite Falls. 23/23
And now a brief chat with a new Sustaining Member, Alice B.
Hi, Alice! So, how did you stumble on TMN? I don’t actually remember. It was probably three years ago when I retired from 37 years as a librarian at Carnegie Mellon University. I have always loved reading books and have found many email subscriptions to book-related posts which I now have time to read.
You're a Tournament of Books fan, right? When I first found the ToB I was happy to have yet another list of titles to consider. I don’t always like the choices (or winners). However, I like checking out books that are not normally in my usual field of vision. I enjoy the assessments of the judges whether I agree or not. I also love lists of books, so ToB is a great addition to my addiction.
What addiction is that? I have kept a list of the books I have read since 1964 when I was in 8th grade, with some additional incomplete lists 4-5 years before that.
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