The approach of summer invariably brings with it a staple of literary journalism: the summer reading list. The assumption is that many of us are looking forward to long, lazy, hot afternoons on the beach, porch or back deck, with nothing to do but lose ourselves in the pages of trashy novel deliciousness, or — for the more mentally ambitious — some or other non-fiction gem we’ve been meaning to get to. I’m looking forward to long, hot summer afternoons oozing freelance sweat onto my keyboard punctuated with the occasional beach weekend on the eastern end of Long Island courtesy of the ‘rents. But even I can’t resist suggesting some summer reads — and highlighting a few choices noted in other publications — for those who are fortunate enough to have paid vacation days to take in the coming few months. (Share your suggestions in the comments!) A couple entries into the summer reading list stakes noted in a recent issue of The New York Times Book Review fit right into the worldchanging brief: Author Nora Ephron suggested “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” by Michael Pollan, which takes on the problematic health and ecological impacts of how we eat in a modern… (more)
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