Kim-Mai Cutler
Partner at @initialized. Previously @techcrunch. When life hands me lemons, I make tarte au citron.
20+ Book Recommendations by Kim-Mai Cutler
The Center Cannot Hold
Elyn R. Saks
@antoniogm This was a really good memoir by a law professor functioning with schizophrenia https://t.co/rl7W7POI7G
Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing
Josh Ryan-Collins
"With the New Economics Foundation"--Cover.@AOC https://t.co/dHtdy3TB4Z
The Swamp
Michael Grunwald
@marksecada @sarthakgh This is an excellent book https://t.co/pNFQJ1GFvO
Something for Nothing
Terrence Daryl Shulman
David Sears and Jack Citrin wrote a whole book on this in 1982. It was titled, "Something For Nothing." https://t.co/dbAzPB2rT9
Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener
The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digital age In her mid-twenties, at the height of tech... more Congratulations to @annawiener for ending up on the @nytimes 100 notable books list this year. I hope more people in industry read this exquisitely written memoir of a very recent, and yet distant, time period in tech industry history: https://t.co/0CFLGLqwcr
The Two-Income Trap
Elizabeth Warren
This groundbreaking expose brings to light the surprising financial consequences of mothers going to work, and the precarious position of... more @briannekimmel @jomayra_herrera @APatelThompson @helena @AmandaMGoetz There’s lots of books on it. @ewarren’s Two Income Trap. @ehaspel’s Crawling Behind. We have portfolio founders like @ShadiahS on it with @GetKinside
Crawling Behind
Elliot Haspel
“I’ve totally washed away the dream of having one more child.” “I had never intended to be a stay-at-home-parent, but the cost of child care... more @briannekimmel @jomayra_herrera @APatelThompson @helena @AmandaMGoetz There’s lots of books on it. @ewarren’s Two Income Trap. @ehaspel’s Crawling Behind. We have portfolio founders like @ShadiahS on it with @GetKinside
Locking Up Our Own
James Forman Jr.
Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction Long-listed for the National Book Award Finalist, Current Interest Category, Los... more @blader there's also generational nuance here, between the period of time she grew up in SF, when violent crime was more prevalent, and subsequent and up-and-coming generations of Black political leadership. I would look at @jformanjr's book https://t.co/FNNm4DN2NY
Grant
Ron Chernow
@anniefryman @ben_mathes @webdevMason @micsolana I wish there was a “take a break until you finish Ron Chernow’s Grant biography and whatever the best Fidel bio book is which I sadly don’t know” button and then we could all come back together and have a deep discussion.
The Affirmative Action Puzzle
Melvin I. Urofsky
A rich, multifaceted history of affirmative action from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 through today's tumultuous times From acclaimed legal... more Started reading Melvin Urofsky’s history of affirmative action, and it’s remarkable that it was the Republican Nixon administration (not LBJ or Kennedy) that was the one to first instate hard quotas for fear of riots. https://t.co/d1FBzE3Jt9 https://t.co/JGNtb3Qcya
The Guarded Gate
Daniel Okrent
And so is "The Guarded Gate," which is almost like a prequel to Yang's book about the run-up to the 1924 immigration law and its roots in eugenics and race science. https://t.co/whGeLci4Ek
Impossible Subjects
Mae M. Ngai
As you can tell, I like U.S. immigration policy histories. "Impossible Subjects" by Mae Ngai is also great. https://t.co/Xcnys0KNdq
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
Jia Lynn Yang
Still reading. Check out her book. https://t.co/tCNZGstB5c
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
Jia Lynn Yang
Reading @jialynnyang's book. Rekt by this paragraph. Imagine being an Asian-American fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for citizenship, losing, and then having your only son die fighting for this country in WWII. https://t.co/4xRadYTVYr https://t.co/1BHvZLoUeX
White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo
Explores counterproductive reactions white people have when discussing racism that serve to protect their positions and maintain racial inequality.@bramcohen I have a book suggestion for you. You can take it or leave it. But I hope you'll at least consider it. https://t.co/MQ1MEMubnX
Give Us the Ballot
Ari Berman
@johncalhoom @BenChiarelli @eriktorenberg Please go read Ari Berman's book about the 1965 VRA, the DOJ agreement and Shelby vs. Holder and then we can have an informed conversation if you are sincerely curious and open-minded. Otherwise, I'm not going to engage with a troll. Thanks. https://t.co/ip7gLCoPVt
The Great Influenza
John M. Barry
An account of the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918, which took the lives of millions of people around the world, examines its causes, its... more From John Barry’s history of the 1918 pandemic: https://t.co/hQIVWbebhl
Epidemics and Society
Frank M. Snowden
A "brilliant and sobering" (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaks The World Economic... more @AnnieLowrey https://t.co/H8e3UIiRGv
Whistleblower
Susan Fowler
In 2017, twenty-five-year-old Susan Fowler published a blog post detailing the sexual harassment and retaliation she'd experienced as... more I didn't think I could respect @susanthesquark anymore than I already did, but then I started reading her book and learned that her first job as a child was working on a spider farm that "milked" spiders for venom to sell to research labs to make ends meet for her family. (?!) 🕷️
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
@jasoncrawford https://t.co/2UAzOSDPZg