Tell Me How It Ends may be brief, but it packs a lasting impact. Luiselli’s writing is sharp, direct, and emotionally resonant — never overblown, always purposeful. Every page matters. Structured around the forty questions children face in immigration court, the essay centers their voices while laying bare the inadequacy of a system meant to judge their futures.
This is a couple essays from the 1800s. Although he can be quite rambling at times, both essays still stand up in some ways today.
Short but far from simple, Aphorisms on Love and Hate offers classic Nietzsche in concentrated form — witty, biting, and uncomfortably insightful.
This is a curious little piece — more satire than true crime, more performance than essay.
I’ve gone along for many years hearing about The Power of Myth and The Hero’s Journey. But it wasn’t until the year 2024, some 36 years after it was originally published, that I finally got to hear Campbell and Moyers’s discussion for myself.
Another pick of The Planetary Society Book Club – this for April 2024. As the cover states, this book features firsthand astronaut accounts from all 135 missions. It’s loaded with photos too!
Do people often tell you to go to Hell? Is it actually quite common? Like, more common than you’d like to admit? Do you not really have a lot of context for where exactly Hell is? Well then, this is the book for you!
