ON THE VALUE OF PUTTING THINGS IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
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✍️ Emily Witt's memoir, Health and Safety: A Breakdown, explores her journey as a journalist during the Trump administration and the Black Lives Matter protests, questioning what it means to be a journalist in a time of rising authoritarianism.
👉 Witt's memoir explores her experiences as a journalist during the Trump administration and the Black Lives Matter protests 👉 She reflects on the complexities of the recent period, including the opioid crisis and the rise of authoritarianism 👉 Witt questions what it means to be a journalist amid crises that have personally impacted her 👉 She asks whether it is possible to cohere our fragmented era into a single, comprehensive narrative
-- #EmilyWitt #JoanDidion #MichaelClune #PatriciaLockwood #LaurenBerlant #EdwardSaid #JosephConrad #Brooklyn #Berlin #Parkland #Florida #NewYork #LosAngeles #politics
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