Our book of the month for August is @robertakwok.bsky.social’s brand new “Lost in Curiosity”—a collection of surprising, sharp portraits of researchers at work. It’s pop science that avoids the typical pop science narrative. Sign up to get your copy now! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur028-ann...

Surprise yourself with August's book of the month

We're reading "Lost in Curiosity" by Roberta Kwok.

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We don't generally pick biographies or books about artists and writers -- so this month's choice of POSITIVE OBSESSION was a little unusual. Here are three other works about creative minds that cover everything from art scenes and innovation to grief. newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/three-art-...

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Three biographies of art and artists to pair with "Positive Obsession"

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Why did we love POSITIVE OBSESSION by @susanamorris.bsky.social so much? Many reasons, but a few of the most important ones are here. newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/positive-o...

July's book of the month is Susana M. Morris's fascinating Octavia E. Butler biography POSITIVE OBSESSION. Grappling with Butler's life and work, it has a different texture than I expected—Kirkus called it “a sensitive examination.” Available now! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur027-pos...

Get obsessed with July's book of the month

"Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler" by Susana M. Morris

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In the week when Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire, interrogating the beliefs of the technology world's most powerful people seems more important than ever. Our June pick, MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER does just that. But how? newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/close-read...

Why techno-utopians want to create modern dystopias

A look at what makes "More Everything Forever" tick.

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Excited to say that our pick of the month for June is @adambecker.bsky.social's storming MORE, EVERYTHING, FOREVER. From AI apocalypse to immortality, if you've ever wondered what strange beliefs the Silicon Valley really hold... this is the book for you. newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cu026-anno...

Get your mind blown with June's pick of the month

Adam Becker's "More, Everything, Forever" will leave you shocked and awed.

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Our book of the month for May is “Feed the People!” by Gabriel N Rosenberg and @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social — a provocative argument in favor of mass food production and the pleasures of “democratic hedonism” Read more: newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur025-ann...

Get your teeth into May’s book of the month

“Feed the People!” by Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel N. Rosenberg.

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What made “Waste Wars” our book of the month for April? It’s a skillful expose of the myths at the center of the rubbish and recycling industry… revealing how this is a big money operation that perverts our relationship with trash. newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/waste-wars...

One of the most impressive things about @alexclapp.bsky.social's "Waste Wars" is his journey to document the afterlife of our garbage. Here are some of the locations he visits in our April book of the month. Get ready, it's genuinely shocking. newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/photo-essa...

Inside the world's ghastliest garbage dumps

A visual tour of the locations in "Waste Wars".

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Our book of the month for April is the remarkable, globetrotting “Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash” by Alexander Clapp - @alexclapp.bsky.social - an eye-opening dive into what really happens to the stuff you throw into the garbage and recycling. newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur024-was...

Get trashed with April's book of the month

"Waste Wars" by Alexander Clapp.

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I'll be talking about whistleblowing and medical research this Tuesday at the University of Pennsylvania medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/master-of-bi...

A fascinating read by friend & former colleague @laurenmarkham.bsky.social about Americans seeking secondary citizenships for their kids. Curious about whether there’s a comparable move among Asian-Americans. Seeking a Second Passport at @newyorker.com

Seeking a Second Passport

For some Americans, citizenship in a country their ancestors fled is now an insurance plan.

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Want some more good muckraking reads? We got them right here! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/great-muck...

Dragging them through the mud

There's a long and interesting history of muckraking, a kind of investigative journalism that exposes corruption or malfeasance in pursuit of some wider change. Here are some recommendations of great ...

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What makes Gardiner Harris’s NO MORE TEARS so damnably good? Well, for a start it’s an excellent piece of muckraking about the bad behavior of Johnson & Johnson. But there are more specific reasons it stands out: newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/the-power-...

The power of precision

What makes Gardiner Harris's "No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson" so powerful?

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Thrilled to share that I am joining NDN Collective’s Radical Imagination Artist cohort for the year! So humbled and honored to be part of such an inspiring group of Native creatives. Read about the cohort here

Announcing the 2025–2026 Radical Imagination Artist Cohort - NDN COLLECTIVE

NDN Collective is honored to announce the 2025–2026 Radical Imagination Artist cohort, a powerful group of Indigenous artists whose work...

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Our book of the month for March is "No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson" by Gardiner Harris, a devastating exposé of one of America's most trusted companies. Become a member now and get your copy! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur023-no-...

Get outraged with March's book of the month

Curious Reading Club's book of the month for March 2026 is "No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson" by Gardiner Harris, which Publisher’s Weekly called “a masterpiece of muckraking”.

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Bay Area! 3/12! Me and the legendary Cindy Cohn! Don't miss this amazing opportunity to hear from a veteran of the privacy wars ... and learn new ways to keep yourself safe from the prying eyes of government.

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Tickets are on sale for the launch party celebrating Privacy’s Defender, a new book from EFF’s Cindy Cohn! Join the conversation between Cindy Cohn and @annaleen.bsky.social on Thursday, March 12: www.eff.org/event/priva...

If you read By The Fire We Carry, you learned a little bit about the amazing person Rosemary McCombs Maxey. She just published a novel! Papa’s Pills is a journey into the lives of people living on the Muscogee reservation in the 1990s written by a Muscogee first language speaker.

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Finalist for the audiobook award!🥈(And an Olympic figure skater in my heart.) The audiobook for *What If We Get It Right?* features 20 interviews with delightful climate experts. And me, reading to you in my radio voice. 🎙️ Listen wherever you listen!

Amazing to chat with @craigmod.com about his book Things Become Other Things, his friends, his mentors, the Japanese language, being an old man whisperer, AI, purpose... oh, all the stuff! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/craig-mod-...

"Purpose is being denuded from every aspect of society"

Talking with Craig Mod about his book "Things Become Other Things".

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Our book of the month for February is "Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir" by @craigmod.com—a superb, closely observed meditation on life, tradition, friendship and loss while hiking the ancient pilgrim trails of Japan's remote Kii peninsula. newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur022-cra...

Take a walk with February's book of the month

The February 2026 book of the month for Curious Reading Club is "Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir" by Craig Mod.

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I was delighted to chat with the wonderful Bobbie Johnson of @readcurious.xyz about my years following Alzheimer’s disease in Colombia. Bobbie even took the trouble to transcribe our expansive conversation, bless his ❤️. It’s worth a skim I promise.

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We spoke to "Valley of Forgetting" author @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social about a whole lot of stuff: her book, cultivating sources, medical ethics, the influence of big money on medical research, and the latest Alzheimer’s developments. And George Orwell! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/interview-...

We spoke to "Valley of Forgetting" author @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social about a whole lot of stuff: her book, cultivating sources, medical ethics, the influence of big money on medical research, and the latest Alzheimer’s developments. And George Orwell! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/interview-...

"It meant sticking myself into circumstances whether I belonged or not"

Talking with "Valley of Forgetting" author Jennie Erin Smith.

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“Valley of Forgetting” succeeds because it does some things that aren’t typical in science books: newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/close-read...

How “Valley of Forgetting” tells a complicated story

Three ways our book of the month will surprise you.

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Our book of the month for January is "Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer's Families And The Search For A Cure" by Jennie Erin Smith (@jennieerinsmith.bsky.social) It's a poignant and powerful look at the folks suffering at the hands of this awful disease, and at the scientists seeking a way out.

Seek answers with January's book of the month

The poignant and particular "Valley of Forgetting" by Jennie Erin Smith.

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The Gilded Age was looking offworld for the answers to its very real problems. "People really wanted the Martians to exist because they might save us," says @dhbaron.bsky.social, author of The Martians, our December book of the month. Sound familiar? newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/david-baro...

"People really wanted the Martians to exist because they might save us"

What "The Martians" author David Baron told us.

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Our book of the month for December is @dhbaron.bsky.social's THE MARTIANS, a fun, readable history of a wild period in American history when influential people were obsessed with the impending arrival of an alien race. Read more and sign up now: newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/announceme...

What makes "Red Memory", our pick of the month for November, tick? It's an unflinching set of portraits of people dealing with what happened during China's brutal, baffling Cultural Revolution—and here are five things that we appreciated about it: newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/red-memory...

Five things I appreciated about "Red Memory"

A closer look at what makes this month's book tick.

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Our book pick for November is Red Memory by @taniabranigan.bsky.social, a look at what happened during China's Cultural Revolution through the eyes of people who lived it. It's full of powerful, compelling and often harrowing interviews and deep analysis. newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur019-ann...

Bring history back with November's book of the month

Tania Branigan's "Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution."

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