11 of Our Best Weekend Reads
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/arts/11-of-our-best-weekend-reads.html Version 0 of 1. Welcome to the weekend! It’s a holiday, so maybe you’ve got friends and family crowding the house. If you need a mental getaway, here’s some great journalism to feast on. The articles in this list are not political, for the most part, so feel free to discuss with frenemies and in-laws. After 21 years, “Roseanne” returned to ABC, and Roseanne Barr’s portrait of working-class Americans is as topical as ever. Arts ____ Where, but in the Eternal City, is it possible to map a 2,000-year-old eyewitness account of history onto an intact urban fabric? Travel ____ The actor spares no one in “Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff,” about a hired killer (maybe) and politics (for sure). Books ____ Floating villages spread across the surface of the Mekong River’s waterways, playing host to ethnic Vietnamese whose status in Cambodian society is perpetually adrift. Magazine ____ A top Morgan Stanley broker was repeatedly accused of violence against ex-wives and girlfriends. Bank managers were told. But he kept his job. Business ____ A classmate of and tutor to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gunman called the idea that if other students had been kinder, Mr. Cruz would not have gone on a rampage, dangerous and a slap in the face to his victims. Opinion ____ When a call for peaceful protests came in the spring of 1919, a schoolgirl became the face of a nation’s collective yearning for freedom. Read other Overlooked pieces here. Obituaries ____ So far in 2018, our reporter David Gelles has hardly touched paper money or metal coins. There are no grimy bills folded alongside his driver’s license, no quarters or pennies jangling in his pocket. Business ____ Touring for her fourth studio album, getting a star on the Walk of Fame and channeling her own #MeToo memories into a message of empowerment. Styles ____ The Times joined a family on their return to Puerto Rico months after fleeing Hurricane Maria’s fury. The homecoming was not what they expected. New York ____ Loyola-Chicago (and Sister Jean) and Villanova are in the Final Four in San Antonio, so here is a look at the deep connection between Catholic colleges and basketball. Sports |