My picks for #sundayread for October 20, 2019:

• I tried to listen to Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov,” but it was too complicated. I’ll try again by reading it in book form someday.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/32pIrhU
• In the small town of Lisman, Ala., a quest to be recognized in one of America’s most powerless places
  By Stephanie @McCrummenWaPo
  #alpolitics
• Zora Neale Hurston, maybe the most important American writer to have ever lived
  By @MichaelAdno
  (via @CEWall)
• Flashback: Five years ago, the Dalai Lama visits Birmingham
  #Bham
• From 1980, Death of a Playmate
  By Teresa Carpenter
• John Besh restaurants fostered culture of sexual harassment, 25 women say
  By Brett Anderson @BrettEats
• Flashback: Five years ago, Men’s Health winner Noah Galloway visits “Ellen”
  #Bham
• The Sorrow and the Shame of Accidental Killers
  By Alice Gregory
• The Short and Brilliant Life of Ernest Matthew Mickler
  By @MichaelAdno
• Flashback: Wade on Birmingham: 2009 Runner-Up in Birmingham’s Best!
  #Bham
• The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  By @PasteMagazine
• What’s it like for top brass in the military serving under a contrarian commander in chief?
  By @MarkBowdenWrite
  (via @SStossel)
• What if Your Abusive Husband Is a Cop?
  By @RachelAviv
  (via @sundaylongread)
• The Last of the Iron Lungs
  By @TJenningsBrown

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: The foot soldiers speak

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for October 20 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me