What's Good

weekly roundup #10

Every week Samin & the team post 3 things (give or take) we find delightful, enriching, and worth encouraging you to check out for yourself. When we have them, this is where you’ll find updates too.

Hope you get as much joy from all this as we do!

GOOD THINGS

As we hope you know by now, Samin’s new book came out on Tuesday!!! All the genuine excitement and support has been heartwarming. Thank you 🩷

Joy Harjo, image credit unknown

GIFTS OF EARTH

The poet Joy Harjo’s poem—Perhaps the World Ends Here—was an inspiration during the writing of GOOD THINGS, so it seems right to share it with you now. Joy Harjo is a world-renowned poet, per­former, and writer of the Musco­gee (Creek) Nation. She served as US Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022, and was the first Native American to do so. This poem references the sometimes simple, sometimes painfully complex, always necessary act of eating. And it speaks beautifully to the richness that comes from sharing meals—and all of life’s key moments—with others. Follow the link above to hear a recording of Harjo reading the poem.

WHODUNNIT

If you, like Samin and The Team, have been moving at a million miles an hour over these last few weeks, let us suggest the show Deadloch to unwind with. Samin introduced Amalia to the show as a binge-worthy option to help her through recovery from a recent surgery. Amalia loved the dark, dramatic, and also very funny show, and we think you might too!