Part 1: My picks for #sundayread for December 24, 2017, highlighting the year’s best reads:

• Gov. Bentley resigns in disgrace
• A 20-year toll: 368 gymnasts allege sexual exploitation
• The immortal Harold Bloom, the greatest literary critic on the planet, by @andymartinink
• @NCRP Report: Rural Alabama/Mississippi struggles for philanthropic investment
• The Blood of the Horseshoe Crab, by Caren Chesler @TheDancingEgg
• Adventures of a cop in Bagaha, India, by Vikas Vaibhav @vaibhav_iitk
• Blue is the coldest color
• I’m an adult carer, and it’s jeopardizing my business, by @JaneBinnion
• The great nutrient collapse, by Helena Bottemiller Evich @hbottemiller
• Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Others Think, by @waitbutwhy
• The Rise of Roxane Gay, by Molly McArdle @mollitudo
• VA hides shoddy care, health workers’ errors by @DonovanSlack, @MikeSallah7
• The Twilight of the Indoor Mall, by Mike Nagel
• Swan, Late: The unexpected joys of adult beginner ballet, by Irina Dumitrescu @irinibus

All my #sundayread picks for 2017. And look for Part 2 on Dec. 31.

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