A Small Bag

This week’s Brieflier Noted is looking a little grim.

There’s “pessimism tempered by dark humor,” “a grim collection of contemporary maladies,” and “little insight.” Thank goodness for the “spirited history” provided by Philipp Blom.

Published by Sally

I’m the deputy managing editor at strategy + business, a freelance editor at Belt, and the former web manager at The New Yorker. My writing and editing also has appeared in The New York Times, The Independent, the Observer, the Rumpus, the Cleveland Clinic Press, and Northern Ohio Live. Additionally, I was a founding team member of Maven, a healthcare app for women. I live in Brooklyn with my husband, the musician and writer Mike Errico, and our daughter. Follow me @sally_errico.