ICYMI, What I'm Reading, and Berlin as a 'Life-Sized City'

Introducing a new blog feature

I picked up this book from Ocelot (“not just another bookstore”) in Mitte this week. Eight hundred years of history in under 400 pages. I’ll update when I’ve read more of it.

A few weeks ago, I experimented with a new format—a separate email-only newsletter featuring an excerpt of my usual main article with a link back to the website, plus a roundup of shorter links and updates.

I thought of it as a way to provide more variety and a mix of things to read. And a way to skip over the feature essay, if you wanted to.

It did not go over well. I think most of my subscribers didn’t even notice it in their inboxes!

So, now I’m taking a new approach.

Introducing—The Friday Wrap.

Every Friday, I’ll do a roundup of links and short updates that runs separately from my longer single-topic posts, and, sometimes, a link back to an article from the archive that newer readers might not have seen.

Most of my regular blog posts are so long that I end up leaving out the smaller updates and interesting odds a…