somehow what the graydon carter memoir needed was…MORE glamour

Also, major news for fans of "Modern Love"...

Do you guys like it when a newsletter gives you a little list of topics/VIP names up top that are about to be mentioned? Is it nice to have a preview in order to save time from skimming, or would you rather be a Big Boy (figuratively) and just dive in and see for yourself?

I have been thinking about the email preview as a come-hither trick that people are using out and about (that and a strategically placed paywall, please observe my art below)…but also, I recently got auto-forwarded a newsletter, and it came with an AI-generated bullet list up top of key points, automatically. So actually the original question doesn’t even matter. Soon we will wish for the days when we could self-skim…

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This spring, I spent a few weeks marching myself through Graydon Carter’s memoir, When The Going Was Good, and I regret to inform you that…