Ann Godoff, a top Random House and Penguin Press editor who cultivated the careers of dozens of novelists and nonfiction authors over 30 years, died at age 76 (Sam Roberts/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/books/ann-godoff-dead.html
I dunno about you all, but I spent the long weekend reading.
Highly recommend both books for those looking for a different, less heard perspective on US colonialism, racism, and the for-profit prison and concentration camp systems.
They're fictional escapes from a nonfiction world that can feel too out of control, but they also fill you up with drive to change things and empower you for the fight ahead.
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
PBS and ITVS launch a YouTube channel, PBS Documentaries, to distribute 100 new videos a year, starting with a profile of Texas Congress member Barbara Jordan (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news…
Q&A with The Atlantic's Liz Bruenig on her hypothetical creative nonfiction measles essay, writing in second person, persuading parents about vaccines, and more (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-atla