Please find below a roundup of this week’s recent news articles, media, and essays from PRH Speakers Bureau speakers.
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News Media Spotlight
In the News
Our speakers provide clarity and shrewd analysis of today’s issues to help make sense of our current and future political and societal landscape.
- The End of the Covid Emergency Could Mean a Huge Loss of Health Insurance | The New York Times: Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal writes about how millions of low-income and middle-income Americans are at risk of losing health insurance.
- Draw Little Conclusions, Not Big Ones | Medium: Laura Vanderkam advises not to draw too broad a conclusion.
- Cuts in Britain Could Cause a Covid Data Drought | The New York Times: Carl Zimmer reports that countries, such as Britain, are scaling back in coronavirus monitoring.
- The Horror of Bucha | The Atlantic: Franklin Foer writes about how Russian invaders are now treating the entirety of the Ukrainian population as combatants.
- Expulsion of Russian ‘diplomats’ may strangle Moscow’s spying | The Washington Post: Shane Harris concludes that the loss of those operatives could lead to a dramatic reduction in disinformation operations against the West.
Books Connect Us
With their imaginative, impactful pieces of literature, our speakers provide incredibly valuable perspectives to be read by all.
- 2022 Guggenheim Fellows Announced | Publishers Weekly: Hernan Diaz, Rebecca Makkai, and Dinaw Mengestu have all been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships.
- Sea of Tranquility Review: Enfolded in Emily St. John Mandel’s Design | Wall Street Journal: Emily St. John Mandel creates a cast of characters past and future confront a reality twisted in a mysterious pattern.
- Ocean Vuong on His New Poetry Book, Time Is a Mother | The Cut: Ocean Vuong speaks on his new book.
- Before Seabiscuit: PW Talks with Geraldine Brooks | Publishers Weekly: Geraldine Brooks draws on the true story of a 19th-century racehorse.
- With The Candy House, Pulitzer winner Jennifer Egan makes her case for the novel | Vox: Jennifer Egan’s ambitious, kaleidoscopic follow-up to A Visit From the Goon Squad sticks the landing.