Hello! Yes, it’s been nearly two years since I wrote an entry here, but it feels good to be back in your inbox—back like I never left—and I hope to keep carving out time when possible to say something through this newsletter. I started this thing in 2020, and this is Issue 30. The World Cup is in town, and I want to talk about a soccer novel (football, in the proper global parlance) that is as much about work and the workplace as it is about soccer. But first: what have I been reading?