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First things first: I’m out of the ‘office’ this week and potentially next week, so there will be a brief break in our regularly scheduled programming. While I’m away, I thought I’d check in with you all about the state of this newsletter. What would you like to see more of? Are there any topics I haven’t covered that you’d like to see me cover? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

Also, this is a reminder that I do accept pitches, though I’m not in a position to pay much because of limited funds. (If you’d like to help with that, you might consider upgrading your subscription…) You can pitch me at kira.deshler@gmail.com or you can DM me here on Substack if that’s your thing.

So you’re not totally without intellectual stimulation this week, here are some reading materials I would recommend, some of which I’ve already shared with paid subscribers.

• As Journalists Are Murdered in Gaza Their Counterparts Lose Jobs in America by Steven W. Thrasher

• “Between The Hammer and the Anvil”: The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé by Jeremy Scahill, Ryan Grim, Daniel Boguslaw (a must-read)

• The Work of Witness by Sarah Aziza

• The legacy of “Fast Car”: How Tracy Chapman gave voice to a generation of Black lesbians (and everyone else) by Hanna Phifer

See you soon!