by Susan Olasky
Post Date:
October 17, 2013

Web Reads: Debt limit, drumming, life, and death

Name: WORLD
Price range: $

This week’s selection of interesting reads from around the web:

The difference between jazz and rock drumming demonstrated. A simple “Introduction to the Debt Limit,” written for non-wonks by Keith Hennessey. The myth of the Ellis Island name change. A map simulation of births and deaths around the world in real time. In the early days of the Soviet Union, writers and artists went to work producing children’s books designed to mold the Soviet child.

Susan Olasky

Susan is a former WORLD book reviewer, story coach, feature writer, and editor. She has authored eight historical novels for children and resides with her husband, Marvin, in Austin, Texas.

@susanolasky