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Books and More: Reviewed and Recommended

The roundup from the Common Good editors.

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On Being Lost in the Place You’re From

R.F. Kuang’s latest is playful and emotionally resonant.

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It’s Time to Fall Back. Or Are We Just Falling?
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Emily St. John Mandel’s Soft Defense of Art Points to Another Writer
Is betting on sports a sin?
Christians Are Googling, ‘Is Sports Betting a Sin?’
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Where You Were on 9/11
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Priya Parker’s Fights, but at Church
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A Place Never Forgets: How NYC is Remembering the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
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On Being Lost in the Place You’re From
Wendell Berry's Great Refusal
Wendell Berry’s Great Refusal
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Ted Lasso and Christianity: The Lasso Way of a Fool
What is Severance about?
‘Severance’ Is About All of Us
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GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE IN PRINT

Scrolling works but it doesn't compare to that real-life, ink-and-paper feel.

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What Bob Ross Can Teach Us About Faith and Work

Humans long to create. We are hardwired to make and to do in all our fields, including business, but creative activity isn’t the only facet of human agency.

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What Inkling Charles Williams Taught Me about Loving Others 

Charles Williams was the author of books both marvelous and strange. His understanding of bearing another’s burdens endures.

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Loss of Work Means More Rest, Right? Wrong.

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Does Sports Culture’s Favorite Metaphor Hurt More than Help?

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Tech Addiction, Distraction, and Our Love-less Moment 

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Inside the Confusing Economics of Major League Baseball

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Why (Some) Sports Betting Insiders Don’t Think You Should Bet on Sports

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The Kansas City Chiefs’ Pregame Prayer

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the art of fighting

Priya Parker’s Fights, but at Church

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The Churchyard of Lore

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A Totally Serious Glossary: Theological Traditions

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It’s Time to Fall Back. Or Are We Just Falling?

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Where You Were on 9/11

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A Place Never Forgets: How NYC is Remembering the 25th Anniversary of 9/11

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Welcome Back, Bookstores

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The Good Economics Behind the Dad Shoe Revival

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The 4 Loans That Shaped America’s Personal Debt Crisis

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Emily St. John Mandel’s Soft Defense of Art Points to Another Writer

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On Being Lost in the Place You’re From

Wendell Berry's Great Refusal

Wendell Berry’s Great Refusal

Big Food for a Big World

When Rod Brenneman led Butterball, the company synonymous with the Thanksgiving turkey sold 41 million birds per year. That’s feeding roughly 75 million people.

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