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In this week’s staff reads, our reading choices seem to reflect how we feel about what’s happening in the real world. We’ve got a mix of activism, tragedy, and escapist themes going on.
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I am currently reading My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I had to check it out at the library after so many of my friends recommended it. It’s a collection of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s writings and speeches. I’m really enjoying it so far! —Olivia Aguilar, publicist
I’ve started rereading the revised edition of Soul of Citizen that I had saved from my college course on rhetoric and civility. I’m also listening to the audiobook of Betty White’s If You Ask Me. She narrates it, so naturally it’s charming and hilarious. My local library had its annual magazine sale, so I’ve also stocked up on enough old Chicago Magazines to be exactly one year behind on all the city’s happenings. —Ashley Alfirevic, publicity associate
I just started Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg earlier this week. It begins in the aftershock of a terrible family tragedy, so I think I am in for an emotional ride. —Caitlin Eck, publicity manager
I’m almost finished listening to the audiobook of As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. It could not be more delightful. What a treat to hear these charming behind-the-scenes stories narrated by the man in black himself. Cary Elwes’s dulcet tones and hilarious impressions of Rob Reiner are complemented by shorter sections read by the likes of Robin 
Wright, Billy Crystal, Wallace Shawn, Reiner himself, and others. A must read (or rather, a must listen) for devotees of the movie. Anyone who says differently is selling something. —Ellen Hornor, project editor
I was in need of a bit of escapist reading lately, and thanks to spotting the cover on Instagram (shout out to @bildungsromans), I was inspired to scamper off to a bookstore to pick up The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, a middle grade novel exploring the early years of the Marvel heroine Doreen Green, as she deals with a cross-country move, trying to make new friends, battling her first arch nemesis, and becoming the Squirrel Girl who kicks butt and eats nuts in the Marvel comics. She’s smart, optimistic, talented—don’t let the name fool you, she can go toe-to-toe in a race with Quicksilver and has super strength to boot—and happily, she doesn’t have a backstory that could be set to a loud bass beat of “Darkness. No Parents!” The book was just a joy. And now I’m finally cracking the cover on Ghost Talkers (which I was hoping to read over the holidays. I didn’t.) —Mary Kravenas, marketing manager
In honor of Black History Month, I’m reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X. I just watched the movie starring Denzel Washington and it was eye-opening. —Emily Lewis, editorial and marketing assistant
I’m reading When Harlem Was in Vogue by David Levering Lewis, which is mostly about the Harlem Renaissance. It’s definitely one of the best cultural histories I’ve ever read. Its depth, its accuracy, its critical acumen, its concision, and its way of effortlessly introducing related material that few others have paid attention to continually astonishes me. —Yuval Taylor, senior editor
I recently started a subscription to the New Yorker (supporting journalism in these trying times) and therefore got to read a delightful piece on Mo Willems this week. —Michelle Williams, managing editor
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