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I am exceedingly proud that my book HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS: INSIDE THE SYSTEMS THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD, has been longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award for Non-Fiction! Just look at that company, my goodness!
New York City friends! Please come out for this SUPERSTAR CROSSOVER LIVE BOOK EVENT!
On the evening of Wednesday, March 13th, the mighty @clive is joining me to talk about HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS, hosted by the Municipal Arts Society at the Housing Works Bookstore in Soho.
Free and open to the public. Full details here: https://www.mas.org/events/book-talk-deb-chachra/
London friends! I’ll be at Temple Brew House next Thursday, November 23rd, from 6-8pm.
It’s a very casual UK launch event for HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS — please come say hi! I will have book-themed stickers to give away and would love to sign your copy.
Note that it is BYOB(ook) — I won’t have books for sale on-site, but it’s available in a book shop near you!
Details also at the bottom of the newsletter:
https://tinyletter.com/metafoundry/letters/metafoundry-79-systems-signals-spotlights
Today! I’m going to be on Science Friday this afternoon, talking about infrastructure on *live national public radio!
https://www.sciencefriday.com/episodes/november-10-2023/
There’s already a short excerpt from the book at the site, and audio will be posted after the show.
*I’m on from 3:20-4pm ET, but not every station broadcasts the back half of Science Friday, or at this time, so check your local listings!
Chef Dan Souza from Cook’s Illustrated and America’s Test Kitchen answers your cooking questions. Plus, how AI is transforming education, and students and faculty alike can use it responsibly. And, an engineering professor and author explains how modern life depends on vast, complicated systems you probably never think about.
Here's the backstory on why the Boston area storms drains have cast-iron signs that are illustrated with fish specific to the waterway they drain to. Thank you, Elisa Speranza of the Boston Water and Sewage Commission, they're so great!
https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/02/04/plaques-design-dorchester-storm-drains-water-boston-harbor
I don’t think ‘best’ is really meaningful in this context, but I’m grateful for the strong signal that the ideas in the book are landing with readers. And I really appreciate Publisher’s Weekly deciding to spotlight HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS and for this great summary:
“In a deceptively easygoing style, Chachra constructs a complex treatise on the fundamental necessity of infrastructure to human flourishing.”
And also omg there’s the cover in the banner graphic! 🤩
