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    A Year in Reading: Thomas Beckwith

    by Thomas Beckwith Dec 19, 2020 3 minutes

    Like everyone, I had a rough year, a Sartrean nightmare of overwork, loneliness and dread, but I did get through it with no real catastrophes, and that (in 2020) is a blessing. Unfortunately, my coping strategies did not include “tons of reading,” which means I now know I will not self-actualize through the apocalypse. In light of this failing, I don’t feel qualified to stick to recommending books, so I’m invoking a COVID Exception and listing certain things

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