Benjamin Hoffman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Benjamin Hoffman

@jasminchua Just wait until they introduce a reality show version of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

Benjamin Hoffman

@lindseyadler Pollan has the fun catchphrase about it, but Jonathan Safran Foer makes the same point in Eating Animals: Veganism and vegetarianism are good things, for a variety of reasons, but the world would benefit greatly from everyone just trying to eat *less* meat. It's that simple.

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Benjamin Hoffman

@RexChapman Jason Kidd, Kevin Johnson and Steve Nash on one team. Did you guys ever think you were being a little greedy by not letting other teams have even one point guard as good as your three?

Benjamin Hoffman

Then turn to the sports section where you can read Paul O’Neill and Curry on the time Ted Williams called O’Neill to help him climb out of a funk. (It’s an excerpt from their new book that comes out tomorrow):

Benjamin Hoffman

George Vecsey wrote about how Vin, just like the Dodgers, left Brooklyn behind to bring baseball to a new world. https://t.co/MtqgwShCtF

Benjamin Hoffman

My favorite thing in Boomerang was Michael Lewis asking Germans about their obsession with poop, each insisting they are not obsessed with their poop, and then proceeding to tell him another story about Germans and poop https://t.co/kjdGH9p2u1

Benjamin Hoffman

Anyone who hasn’t read Mudcat Grant’s book is truly missing out. You’ll spend the entire time reading it being amazed … and mad.