A Rare Take on Young Love
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Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer or editor reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is Rina Li, a copy editor who works on this newsletter.
Rina has wide-ranging cultural tastes. She calls Laurie Colwin’s The Lone Pilgrim “a revelation”; Chris Whitley’s “Dust Radio” a “sweat-soaked, apocalyptic track”; and the television series Mr. & Mrs. Smith a “sharp and honest” meditation on marriage. Then there’s Steven Millhauser, a writer whom Rina recently came across: “My goodness. Why don’t people talk about him more?”
But first, here are three Sunday reads:
