This was a frustrating read. I feel for these athletes and their parents. It also, unfortunately, fits very well into the dichotomies we’re seeing in other areas of our society.
As I know to expect from you, a great job illuminating the people side of sports. Thanks, Jesse.

I loved Slay. It's so good!

entitled, “Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes) and our shared humanity is highlighted, and my other favorite thing is learning something new. Phoebe does both things while making me laugh – a lot.
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they are that perfect mix between, “girl, I know JUST what you mean!” and “Wow! I didn’t know that.” or “I never thought of it that way before.”
One of my favorite things about reading authors that are different from me is finding those places where we overlap (I mean, she has a WHOLE book
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I highly recommend his essay collections on audio, as he reads them himself. They are by turns laugh out loud funny and deeply moving.

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... but she’s also created several graphic books, including the history book “Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists.”

I'm so glad! Thank you!

So glad you liked it! One of my favorite reads of the year so far!

Listening to it was like listening to my way smarter and more accomplished friend tell me stories of her life without making me feel completely inadequate in comparison.

There are, to my knowledge, only two significant individuals or institutions who break this rule, and use metals on metals. They signify by doing so that the normal rules don't apply to them - they claim a higher authority.

One is the Vatican.

The other is Donald Trump.

...about a boy who moves to Chicago during the Great Migration and finds a home and himself in the local public library.
(Also, her favorite word is Serendipity, which is my mom’s favorite word as well.)