Word of Mouth: Almost Spring Edition

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Memoir: Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing — Dionne Ford

Non-Fiction: Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters — Brian Klaas

Movie: American Fiction — Cord Jefferson

Movie: The Meyerowitz Stories(new and selected) — Noah Baumbach

TV: Mr and Mrs Smith — Donald Glover, Francesca Sloane

TV: Magpie Murders — Anthony Horowitz, Peter Cattaneo

Idea: “President Biden has thus far declined to impose consequences on Netanyahu for his repeated disregard of U.S. positions and interests. Ending the double standard which sets a lower bar for Israel, and requiring the mutual recognition of the right to statehood and compliance with the other Quartet Principles, would be an even-handed place to start. It is essential for the U.S. to enforce this mutual recognition, as it seeks to not merely end the current war, but set a course to finally resolve the underlying conflict, and ensure that the horrors suffered by Israelis and Palestinians never happen again.”

Both the Israeli and Palestinian governments should be obligated to recognize the other’s right to statehoodDylan Williams in the Forward

Idea: “It’s tempting to see Navalny’s apparent murder, as some American analysts have, as a sign of weakness on the part of Putin. But a dictator’s ability to annihilate what he fears is a measure of his hold on power, as is his ability to choose the time to strike.”

The Death of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most Formidable Opponent — Masha Gessen in the New Yorker