![]() ![]() I don’t want to give too much of it away, but I’m in awe of Zigman’s ability to weave biting humor and tenderness so closely together.Īn author I will read anything by: Richard Price Ī song I’ll always dance to: Le Tigre, “Deceptacon.” Hit play and try to keep your body still. īest novel I’ve recently read: I’m currently reading Laura Zigman’s Small World, about two middle-aged sisters who move in together, bringing decades of family baggage into the house. Brisk pacing! Snappy dialogue! A few huge action sequences counterbalanced with grisled guys in frumpy suits working the phones! I’ve probably seen it 50 times. My favorite blockbuster: The Fugitive is as close as you can get to a perfect-for lack of a better phrase-popcorn movie. ![]() And it’s a bit surreal to watch Joe Rogan in one of his early roles, playing a meathead named Joe.Īn actor I would watch in anything: Bill Hader Stephen Root, of Barry and Office Space fame, does deadpan humor like no one else. Again: Unsung! Every line Phil Hartman delivers is masterful. The television show I’m most enjoying right now: After cycling through The Office, The Larry Sanders Show, Parks and Recreation, a slew of Ken Burns documentaries, and several seasons of Alone, my wife and I have started watching NewsRadio at night before we fall asleep. I will be screaming every word to every song. Recently, when The Walkmen announced a five-night run in Manhattan in April, I impulsively bought tickets for all five shows. To me, they are the unsung heroes of the turn-of-the-millennium New York rock renaissance (think: The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Interpol-all the Meet Me in the Bathroom bands). The upcoming event I’m most looking forward to: I spent nearly a decade waiting and praying for The Walkmen to maybe someday reunite, doubting that it would ever happen. “The Fugitive is as close as you can get to a perfect, for lack of a better phrase, popcorn movie.” What the longest study on human happiness found is the key to a good life.John has written for The Atlantic about, among other topics, President Joe Biden’s stutter and, most recently, I Didn’t See You There, an experimental documentary about living with a disability that he calls “kinetic and compelling.” John will read anything by Richard Price, bought tickets for all five of The Walkmen’s upcoming NYC reunion shows, and has probably watched The Fugitive 50 times.īut first, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: Today’s special guest is staff writer John Hendrickson, who has just published a new book, Life on Delay: Making Peace With a Stutter, which you can read an excerpt of here. Good morning, and welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. ![]()
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