Monday, June 29, 2015

The Tiger by John Vaillant

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The Tiger by John Vaillant was a really good work of non-fiction about a man-eating Amur (Siberian) tiger in the Bikin River Valley in Fa...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Memorable writing - on grief, mass shootings and a papal document on climate change

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A few pieces of recent writing on different subjects have struck me as particularly powerful. On grief was a Facebook post by Sheryl Sandb...

Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance

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Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance was a well-written and really interesting biography on someone with a combination of brilliance, drive for himse...
Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Great sports stories - by Wilner, Wertheim & Fagan

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Three pieces of great recent sports writing were on an NBA coach with a remarkable past, U.S. Olympians who competed in Berlin and later fou...
Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Profound pieces of writing - by Kruse, King, Marantz & Shapira

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There's a few pieces of writing I've seen lately that were particularly touching and heartfelt, with each about distinct phases of l...
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...