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# Modest Operations | Newsletter Volume 27
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/modest-operations-newsletter-volume-27/
- Published: 2019-06-04T17:00:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T22:24:45.000Z
- Description: Modest Operations email newsletter Volume 27 (June 04, 2019).
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: mr. porter, jonathan durbin, modest operations, newsletter, #import-mailchimp-2026-09-13

I've recently been making my way through Ted Chiang's newest collection of short stories called [Exhalation](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41160292-exhalation?ref=drewshannon.net), which is fantastic. If you're a fan of near-future sci-fi in the vein of Black Mirror, you'll love it.

Other than that and dense real estate contracts, I haven't been reading much else this week, so a pretty light list below. Have a great week! 

**This Week's Links** *A list of things I've been reading & thinking about.*\* [Bon Iver - Hey, Ma (Video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGkUq4Vn6k8&ref=drewshannon.net) \* "The energy at work in Mr Chiang’s stories is electric. The magic is their emotional resonance. His fiction may take flights of fancy, but it has a human heart." - [The Mind-Boggling World Of Short-Story Writer Mr Ted Chiang (Jonathan Durbin for *Mr. Porter*)](https://www.mrporter.com/journal/the-interview/the-mind-boggling-world-of-short-story-writer-mr-ted-chiang/4622?ref=drewshannon.net)