Matt Duss

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• Book of Mercy👍 Recommends

  …book recommendations at the end of the episode

  “And the last one is a book by Leonard Cohen. It's called Book of Mercy. So my mom recently passed away. She was, among other things, a woman of deep religious faith. And I was raised in the church. And when I was younger, I remember I've just been thinking about the time we would spend talking about the Bible. And the Book of Psalms was a particular favorite of ours. The Psalms of King David. And the Book of Mercy, or just Book of Mercy is what it's called. It's by Leonard Cohen, who people know as a famous songwriter and singer. But this is a book of modern psalms.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show

• Crisis of the Common Good👍 Recommends

  …book recommendations at the end of the episode

  “Well, the first is, you know, you mentioned Senator Chris Murphy and his new book, The Crisis of the Common Good. I've just been reading it. And I really, I really recommend it. Because as I said, I think Senator Murphy has been someone who has really articulated a strong theory of the case of what really ails our politics. The loss of a sense of community, the idea that these systems are out of control and they are unaccountable.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show

• From Life Itself👍 Recommends

  …book recommendations at the end of the episode

  “The second one is by journalist Susie Hansen. It's called From Life Itself. It's a book about Turkey through just exploring one neighborhood in Istanbul that she's reported on over 10 years. How this neighborhood changed. Influx of immigrants, refugees from Syria. Looking at the country's politics.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show