Engage or escape? Here are some recommendations for bizarre times.

Novel: Liquid Snakes — Stephen Kearse
Novel: The Best We Could Hope For — Nicola Kraus
Novel: Welcome to Murder Week — Karen Dukess
Memoir: Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop— Paula Whyman
Encouragement: Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change — Maggie Smith
Non-Fiction: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story — Michael Lewis
Movie: Materialists — Celine Song
Podcast: The Call Is Coming From Inside the Court — Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick
Essay: America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This — Casey Michel
Essay: The Worst-Kept Secret of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict — Yair Rosenberg
TV: The Flight Attendant — Steve Yockey
TV: Her Majesty — Borja Cobeaga, Diego San José
