words written down

This blog is all about words because they matter, they influence, they entertain and when you put them down on a page in a meaningful order, they acquire permanence. Contained here is my writing over the past 10+ years, primarily book reviews over the past ~5 years, and I also have a book review podcast, Talking Nonfiction, available on Apple or Spotify.

Sunday, May 31, 2015

The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

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The Wright Brothers by David McCullough was a solid book by the noted historian who among many other books, wrote three I previously enjoye...
Friday, May 29, 2015

Outdoor writing - by Holland & Zimmermann

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There's been some great recent outdoor-oriented writing I've seen with a feature for SB Nation Longform and several stellar pieces f...

Solid business writing - on Elon Musk & Tesla, wine thieves, ILM & Dr. Charles Arntzen

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Some of the pieces are from a week or two ago, but there's been some really interesting business writing that I haven't posted on up...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

Atul Gawande feature on unnecessary medical care

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There's a really fascinating piece of writing by Atul Gawande (who I've  posted about a few times previously ) from a recent New Yo...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Remarkable pieces of writing on tragedy - by Carr, Junod & Teague

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There were three pieces of recent first-person writing on the subject of death that really struck a cord with me, two from Esquire and one f...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Solid business writing - on Disney MagicBands, Y Combinator, NBC News & Starbucks

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Some really good recent business stories included two features from Fast Company and one each from Vanity Fair and The Atlantic. The Fast ...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

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The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown was a really great book about the University of Washington rowing team that went to the 1936 Be...

Interesting Bloomberg Businessweek pieces - by Wieners, Vance, Clark & Coen

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There's been some particularly interesting writing from Bloomberg Businessweek magazine over the past few weeks including a great featur...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Solid sports writing - by Burkholder, Posnanski, Arthur, Wetzel, & Tullis

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Some recent great sports writing included a couple of pieces that that struck me as fascinating along with a few more that were really impac...

Twenty-four job searching thoughts

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After about a month ago successfully completing my first job search in over ten years, I wanted to list out what things I learned through th...

Inspirational sports pieces - on Nate Boyer, Francesca Weems & Lauren Hill

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Some remarkable sports pieces lately included a story on a 34-year-old NFL prospect, one on a sportscaster who spent several years of her ch...
Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Interesting business pieces - on Dropbox, Chris Sacca & Ron Conway

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There's been a few interesting pieces of business writing I've seen lately, including pieces recently published and related ones fro...

Two great pieces of rememberance

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There were two amazing recent pieces about parents remembering children who died, one written about a twin who five years ago died shortly a...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Best non-sports writing linked to in 2014

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Following up on my just posted best sports writing linked to in 2014 is the below listing of the best non-sports (and non-business) writing...

Best sports writing linked to in 2014

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I realized recently that while I did put together a book of the best business writing I've read through 2014 , I hadn't done any com...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Mooallem & Titus pieces - on end of life decisions & dealing with depression

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It's really not with the intent of closely linking them together, but two great pieces of writing I've seen recently were "Deat...

Dead Wake by Erik Larson

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Dead Wake:  The Last Crossing of the Lusitania  by Erik Larson was a good book on the British ocean liner that was sunk by a German U-boat ...
Monday, March 16, 2015

Interesting business writing - on Sirius & Howard Stern, Disney & MagicBands and Ikea & expansion

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Three interesting pieces of recent business writing covered covered subjects across the corporate world with stories on Disney, SiriusXM, an...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Great GQ feature stories - by Paterniti & Flynn

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There's two exceptional features I've seen recently from GQ Magazine, one by Michael Paterniti and one by Sean Flynn . The Patern...

Writers on writing - by King, Sager, Jones, Sherman & Keohane

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Lately on the subject of writers and writing, there's been some great stuff I've seen lately that feels to group into a couple of ca...
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