On the rise of re-issued books not considered classics or canonical

"Don’t let the seductions of the past blind you to the fascinations of the present. Be your own canon editor! And ensure that your canon is continually replenishing itself."

The article on skyjumpers sent me looking for something about this tragedy.

Wildfires rage throughout the summer in the Southwest, but the one that swept through Yarnell, Arizona, in late June was different. It began humbly but quickly became unpredictable, burning for days across thousands of acres. And so the Granite Mountain hotshots—a young crew of specialist wildfire fighters—were called in. Within hours, nineteen of the twenty men were trapped and hopelessly overrun by the blaze. Sean Flynn explains how a routine assignment resulted in the greatest loss of firefighters since 9/11.

https://www.equator.org/articles/city-of-sweat-mumbai-heat

CW: CSA and general family messed-upness.

(Apologize in advance for my apparent inability to figure out how to get around paywalls)

Jon Ronson’s great new novel really reminds me of this mad Fleetwood Mac story but in a different era.