Eat a writer’s dream sandwich. Peak writer Quinn Henderson dreamed about a sandwich that didn’t exist and grew so obsessed that he made it in waking life. It features provolone and cubed ham on an Italian roll, with a special ingredient called ‘charging sauce.’
Read The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson. In this tell-all memoir, a former big-shot London trader for Citibank dishes out all the dirty details of working in high finance in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Spoiler alert: it’s both exciting and soul-crushing.
Watch Manhunt on Apple TV+. Apple’s latest miniseries is a political thriller about one of history’s most infamous crimes, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. You probably already know how it ends, but the road there is a fascinating one. The first two episodes are out now.
Listen to Boeckner! by Dan Boeckner. The B.C. singer-songwriter, podcaster, and frontman of classic indie rock band Wolf Parade has released his debut solo album. If you like pulsating synths, chugging guitars, and anthemic songwriting, you’ll like this.—QH