Welcome to the 5th Annual Last Word On Nothing Holiday Reading Guide, where people of LWON share their book recommendations for that stretch between Christmas and New Year when you finally have a solid hour to yourself. Jessa: An Ocean of Minutes, by Thea Lim, is an alternate recent-history novel in which poor migrants are […]
This first ran on March 14, 2016. We may run it again another time, maybe even a few more times, maybe a hundred times. It can’t be said too often. HELEN: I like bugs. I started a Ph.D. in ants (and quit, but still think ants are awesome). I have blogged in this space about […]
The People of LWON have spoken. Here are the TV shows and movies you shall watch over the holidays. For previous lists, explore here (2016, 2015, 2014). Christie: One of the best films I saw this year was actually released in 2015 (how did I miss it back then?) I was primed to love Clouds […]
The People of LWON have spoken. Here are the books you shall read this holiday season. For previous year’s reading recommendation lists, explore here (2016, 2015, 2014). Sarah G: Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann. By far the best literary nonfiction book I’ve ever read, and the most chilling. The Osage were […]
Rebecca I have the worst memory. I say this a lot, and I worry about it a lot. I forget meaningful details, or snippets of conversations I know are important. I forget to whom I’ve told something, and then I tell them again, and sometimes they look at me funny and I realize I’m […]
Craig I like to think that being thankful carries weight, that it occupies an influential space in the world. In a series of 2003 studies published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, subjects kept journals reporting their levels of gratitude. Each of three studies found that people who experienced more gratitude “exhibited heightened […]
Official Letterhead of The People of LWON Dear Madam/Sir/Bot: We are going to enjoy seeing this letter show up on your website. [Update, 6:17 a.m. 10/2/2017: The Modern Talking website may or may not have been taken down since yesterday. If so, we hope we played our part — see the following.] You are the […]
We’re writers. We like words. We don’t always like writing. Or maybe we just need a little nudge sometimes. Today we’ve collected some of the inspirational (or harassing, or shaming, or whatever works for us) quotes that we have posted around our computers. Maybe some of these will work for you. Christie: I am writing […]