Pandemic Publishing

The surge is coming.

Another week of ruminating, and fixating on what is to be done, as well as taking action, making some decisions — some freeing, some wrenching—zooming Passover, and reveling in the successful launch of the brilliant Phil Christman’s Midwest Futures ("This is a fantastic book by one of the most underappreciated writers of my generation on a topic that isn’t easy to write about. It’s such a joy that I zipped through it in a single day."), an interview with the inestimable James Fallows, and a gorgeous appreciation for Rust Belt Femme over at The New Republic.

The tough decisions: after spending an inordinate amount of time researching the PPP, and even sending out a short blast about it last Thursday, only mentioning what I was sure was accurate information, I learned they revised the rules late Thursday night, rendering us ineligible for the program (they changed the rule about independent contractors). I had told the staff earlier in the week that if we did not receive the PPP fundin…