My picks for #sundayread for July 7, 2019:

• Listened to “Heavy,” Kiese Laymon’s memoir: Raw and compelling, all about growing up black and poor in the South.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2XO5Dr2
• The Great Unravelling: The Disintegration of the Nigerian State
  By @ChrisNgwodo
  (via @AfricaResearch)
• She’s worth $400 million. She reaches almost 10 million viewers daily. All rise for @JudgeJudy Sheindlin.
  By Jazmine Hughes @jazzedloon
  //Plus, a brief counterpoint by Sarah Jaffe @Sarahwinifred
• Flashback: From 2018, Wade’s 101: #Haiku retrospective 46
  #poetry
• Maria Sebregondi, Moleskine founder, takes note of the digital age
  By Hannah Roberts @hanrobs
  (RT @kikiochieng)
• From 2011: Stephon Marbury’s Career Makeover in China
  By Wells Tower
  (via @natashakhanhk @suilee)
• Flashback: 10 years ago, John Katopodis guilty of mail, wire fraud
  #Bham #alpolitics
• Eight Women Accuse Max Landis of Emotional and Sexual Abuse
  By Amy Zimmerman @ahzimm
  #MeToo
• On Truth and Lying in the Extra German Sense
  By Rebecca Schuman @pankisseskafka
• Flashback: Developing a retail content strategy
• Oral history of “In Living Color” on its 25th anniversary
  Compiled by @MaraReinstein
• Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth
  By @ByNinaMartin and Renee Montagne @nprmontagne
  (via @nprnicole)
• A Campaign to Crack Down on Massage Businesses May Harm the Women It Wants to Help
  By @MelissaGira Grant and @Emma_A_Whitford
• The Man Who’s Putting More Sex Toys on Walmart’s Shelves
  By @KatieVanSyckle
  (via @petershankman)

More posts from Wade this week:

• Happy Independence Day!
• The Birmingham channel: Door busters

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for July 7 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me