I’m executive editor of email and podcasts @qz. I also write a newsletter called EELS that helps you find books you like!
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13 Apr 2023
Ever shout with me about book recommendations? Want to? I'm launching a substack! eelsbooks.substack.com/?r=18…
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22 May 2024
@SusanHowson speaks truth to the logic of library books’ supply and demand of translated works of fiction. Especially important, off the back of the 2024 International Booker Prize pick of German writer Jenny Erpenbeck’s Kairos. #thisweekthosebooks open.substack.com/pub/thiswe…
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12 Apr 2024
Today is my last day at @qz after nearly 7 years and 4 trillion Daily Briefs, 3 million Obsession emails, various pop-ups, (some sharp reader will write me a correction on those numbers), and meeting and learning from so many colleagues who are now close friends.
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12 Apr 2024
And I just could not have functioned without @Morgan_Haefner @griccardi_ @Liz_Webber @sofiaellepi @ashbwebster @staphwriter @annalieseg or @samanth_s the finest and most patient editors who listen to my ramblings with such grace
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12 Apr 2024
Oh and how could I forget @HasitShah, my most fun to argue with deputy, who I love fighting with so much, I wear the Prince T-shirt he sent me like once a fortnight.
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21 Oct 2023
I’ve got some books to unsettle you on EELS, and also a Disney 100th birthday deep cut joke contained therein
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19 May 2023
The latest EELS brings you three books and a documentary about intense creative partnerships, and one of those things isn't not about the Beatles. Also: help edit my book stack!
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13 May 2023
A book made me feel feelings for a CEO. Another made me cold in the veins. And another made me walk to the library! eelsbooks.substack.com/p/thi…
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6 May 2023
This week, EELS explores the Gone Literary Universe, which I made up simply because there are three books I loved that start with “Gone.” Sci-fi! Murder! Mimes! And a bonus rec from @jabufu
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2 May 2023
The World’s Fair was all about exhibition: not only architectural feats and big ideas, but also the technologies that promised to change our lives. That’s where our new season of the Quartz Obsession starts. Join me and @qz’s @cassiewerber for episode 1: open.spotify.com/episode/5xx…
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28 Apr 2023
This week's EELS delivers three retellings of classics, plus a bonus recommendation by @sangeetaskurtz. We've got mountains, we've got English seasides, we've got Brooklyn! Take a read! eelsbooks.substack.com/p/thi…
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22 Apr 2023
This week on EELS: “Really Good, Actually,” “Less Is Lost,” and an almost carriage chase.
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14 Apr 2023
The perils of being royal, anarchy, and soiling your gloves
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30 Sep 2022
For Quartz, I wrote about FiRE and how I used to be into FIRE but now am not so much really! Thesis: FIRE was quiet quitting 1.0: qz.com/emails/quartz-obsessi…
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10 May 2022
.@SusanHowson on reading 100 books a year was an absolute gift. It inspired me to set my (far lower) goal of 50 books this year. Some useful tips in there for even the most casual reader. qz.com/emails/quartz-how-to/…
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