Reading. Listening. Watching.
A Friday newsletter on a Monday :)
Hi All,
Hi All,
After completing forgetting to post my Reading. Listening. Watching. on Friday, I thought about skipping it but I decided instead to follow the instructions above and ‘stay on the path’ so… read on for a Friday update on a Monday :)
And as always, please share what you are reading, listening to and watching!
xo,
Stacey
Reading:
His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels (audio)
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (print)
Listening:
Sold a Story
Nerdette (Your Summer Book Preview)
Novel Pairings Classics Club (A Department in Crisis? Two English majors reflect on the English major)
Pantsuit Politics (It’s Time to Talk about J.K. Rowling)
The Popcast (The NOs of Motherhood, The Summer Movie Preview)
The Prestige TV Podcast (Succession, Season 4, episode 7 recap)
Watching:
Succession (Season 4, episode 7)
Ted Lasso (Season 3, episode 9)
Hey Stacey! I think it can be kind of difficult to find alternative perspectives on Sold a Story because Emily Hanford has made such a business out of whipping up reading war frenzy and she's good at making the complexity of what it means to be a whole human seem like it can be navigated with the right curriculum - because we of course all wish it were that easy (though she only ever seems to complain about the $ made by Lucy Calkins - not by the companies producing scripted phonics curriculum - who are just selling a different story - I mean why focus on the $ at all if not all the $?) -- I'd love to know your thoughts and experience -- and whether you've found interesting other perspectives on this or the history and politics behind it... love your lists - whatever day they show up in my email. And this is a pretty good recent overview of the Reading Wars, I think - https://soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpodcast/reading-wars?si=671c2ebf5a86432cb43f2596f0a6c2c0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing