5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Lit Hub 3 Sep 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Our bevy of brilliant reviews this week includes Dwight Garner on Marlon James’s The Disappearers, Kate Tuttle on John Dos Passos’s U.S.A. trilogy, Parul Sehgal on Rachel Cusk’s T…

Remembering Dolly Parton
The New Yorker 3 Sep 2026

Remembering Dolly Parton

Download a transcript. Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. Upon news of Dolly Parton’s d…

Markets can't ignore the war anymore
Axios 3 Sep 2026

Markets can't ignore the war anymore

Oil prices are heading back toward $100 a barrel, and, perhaps more crucially, the price of diesel fuel futures is now sitting at an all-time high. Why it matters: Investors are s…

Cheesy Apple Omelet
Bon Appétit 3 Sep 2026

Cheesy Apple Omelet

Most recipes serve multiple people. In Me, Myself, and Dinner, each dish serves one and only one. That's you! Because whether you live solo (almost 30% of Americans do) or are enj…