# three questions (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover three questions. Page: Feed: --- ## [Books Briefing – August 2026 Edition](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-university-press-books-briefing-august-2026/) _2026-08-13 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ We want to make sure you don’t miss anything exciting about our books and authors. Read on to discover recent reviews, author interviews, monthly bestsellers, and anything else share-worthy. New Books Publicity Publisher’s Weekly ran an interview with CUP Acquisitions Editor Sarah Grossman. The History Shelf (21.8k subscribers) highlighted several Cornell University Press books in \[…\] The post… ## [How China, Cuba, and Vietnam Still Shape How Rebels Fight: Three Questions with Benjamin Young](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/three-questions-benjamin-young/) _2026-07-23 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ Reds, Revolutions, and Rebellions investigates how insurgent strategies from three revolutionary states—Mao’s China, Guevara’s Cuba, and Ho Chi Minh’s Vietnam—shaped the tactics of armed movements across the Global South. The afterlife of twentieth-century communist guerilla warfare still echoes in contemporary warfare as armed Islamist groups, often seen as violently opposed to leftist… ## [11 Lessons from Terry Szuplat, Speechwriter for Barack Obama](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/07/23/11-lessons-from-terry-szuplat-speechwriter-for-barack-obama/) _2026-07-23 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ Earlier this year, I chaired the 25th anniversary conference of the European Speechwriter Network in Cambridge, UK. It was there that I had the privilege to meet and get to know Terry Szuplat. Terry is an award-winning author, speaker and trainer. For eight years, he was one of Barack Obama’s chief speechwriters and he worked \[ \] ## [Books Briefing – July 2026 Edition](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-university-press-books-briefing-july-2026/) _2026-07-21 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ We want to make sure you don’t miss anything exciting about our books and authors. Read on to discover recent reviews, author interviews, monthly bestsellers, and anything else share-worthy. New Books Publicity The Jitney mentioned We’re Having Much More Fun by Judith A. Peraino & Tom McEnaney in a feature. California, published by Cal Alumni \[…\] The post Books Briefing – July 2026 Edition… ## [Lessons from my first time using a teleprompter](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/06/23/lessons-from-my-first-time-using-a-teleprompter/) _2026-06-23 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ The biggest lesson from my first time using a teleprompter is that the goal is to make people forget you re using one. Recently, I had the chance to work with a teleprompter for the first time. My friend and colleague John Antonakis invited me to participate in a research project in which I had to \[ \] ## [CHALLENGE ACCEPTED](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/challenge-accepted) _2026-06-19 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ 40ish alternatives to the "traditional" book event that are NOT a reading & conversation ## [53 Years in the Making](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/53-years-in-the-making/) _2026-06-18 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ Everyone knows the story of the World Champion New York Knicks. Led by their captain and Finals MVP, an undersized, left-handed, second-round pick who made himself into an NBA superstar. Celebrities sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden to watch their team’s historic title run. Winning the NBA Finals on the road in five games against \[…\] The post 53 Years in the Making appeared first on… ## [Books Briefing – June 2026 Edition](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-university-press-books-briefing-june-2026/) _2026-06-16 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ We want to make sure you don’t miss anything exciting about our books and authors. Read on to discover recent reviews, author interviews, monthly bestsellers, and anything else share-worthy. New Books Publicity The Daily, a podcast by The New York Times, interviewed Robert Pape, author of Bombing to Win. The Wall Street Journal reviewed Always \[…\] The post Books Briefing – June 2026 Edition… ## [IT'S A SCRAPBOOK!](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/its-a-scrapbook) _2026-06-12 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ on creating a pile of little treasures, rather than relying on the old formula ## [Three different ways to use a title slide](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/05/28/the-title-slide/) _2026-05-28 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ The title slide is usually the gateway to a presentation. And most presenters usually use it the same way. The slide is up on the screen, the presenter walks on stage and then says what they are going to talk about by essentially repeating the information that the audience has already read. It s a missed \[ \] ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wBPpNeON57MQ) _2026-05-28 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [THE LAND BEFORE TIME](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/the-before-times) _2026-05-24 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ Do you like to get ahead of yourself? Then, this post is for you (on book publicity thinking while writing the book). ## [Death and Memory in the Digital Age: Three Questions with Molly Hales](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/three-questions-molly-hales/) _2026-05-20 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ Vital Ties depicts an emergent form of intimacy with the dead mediated by digital technologies. In southern Australia, a game developer crafts a virtual reality experience, reuniting his best friend with an avatar of his late father. In Northern California, a woman creates a smartphone app to log moments in which her deceased mother appears. \[…\] The post Death and Memory in the Digital Age: Three… ## [The Coffee Test](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/05/13/the-coffee-test/) _2026-05-13 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ Would you say it this way over coffee? Winston Churchill said, “All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honour; duty; mercy; hope.” A good reminder for all of us who communicate for a living. In presentations, simplicity is not a weakness. It s a sign of \[ \] ## [Books Briefing – May 2026 Edition](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-university-press-books-briefing-may-2026/) _2026-05-12 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ We want to make sure you don’t miss anything exciting about our books and authors. Read on to discover recent reviews, author interviews, monthly bestsellers, and anything else share-worthy. New Books Publicity The New York Times published an op-ed by Age of Deception by Jon R. Lindsay. The Ezra Klein Show of the The New \[…\] The post Books Briefing – May 2026 Edition appeared first on Cornell… ## [BUT I'M SICK OF MYSELF](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/but-im-sick-of-myself) _2026-05-07 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ Jocelyn Jane Cox on solipsism and promoting memoir ## [BODY SNATCHERS](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/body-snatchers) _2026-04-26 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ I can't stop thinking about Rachel Bachman's newsletter, and the difference between what's "worthy" and what's "alive." ## [Attitude is everything](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/04/22/have-the-right-attitude/) _2026-04-22 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ This is Jerrold. He has a great attitude. Jerrold is a server at Eggspectation, a great place for breakfast in Toronto. Last week, my wife and I had breakfast at Eggspectation. Jerrold was not our server. So why am I writing about him and his attitude? After we finished our meal, I went to restroom \[ \] ## [What are Meta-Institutions?](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/what-are-meta-institutions/) _2026-04-16 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ What are meta-institutions? How are they different from institutions? Why do they matter for the political economy of development and governance under complexity? How China Escaped the Poverty Trap (Cornell University Press, 2016) introduces the concept of meta-institutions and reveals the form it took in reform-era China (1980s-2012). Yuen Yuen Ang defines meta-institutions as higher-order \[…\]… ## [Books Briefing – April 2026 Edition](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-university-press-books-briefing-april-2026/) _2026-04-15 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ We want to make sure you don’t miss anything exciting about our books and authors. Read on to discover recent reviews, awards, author interviews, monthly bestsellers, and anything else share-worthy. New Books Publicity Tinnitist highlighted We’re Having Much More Fun by Judith A. Peraino & Tom McEnaney. Cornell Chronicle featured the book. UC Berkeley News \[…\] The post Books Briefing – April 2026… ## [THREE QUESTIONS WITH the CO-HOST OF SEERSUCKER LIVE, L.C. Killingsworth](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/three-questions-with-the-co-host) _2026-04-15 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ This is not your ordinary literary event! ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sd3RqV11fTYX) _2026-04-15 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [BURY THE BOOK](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/bury-the-book) _2026-04-03 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ & you can resurrect it later (see what I did there?) ## [Rogue States: Three Questions with Matthew Frakes](https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/three-questions-matthew-frakes/) _2026-03-26 · jonathanhall · Cornell University Press_ In Rogue States, Matthew A. Frakes reveals the connection between US national security strategy at the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the War on Terror. Throughout a series of crises from 1981 to 1991, the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush recognized that emerging threats to global security—terrorism, regional aggression, \[…\] The post Rogue States: Three Questions… ## ["I declared myself a poet at 8" | A conversation with Marisa Siegel](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/i-declared-myself-a-poet-at-8-a-conversation) _2026-03-18 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ Please welcome our newest Pine State publicist AND editor, the clever Marisa Siegel! ## [SPICE UP YOUR LIFE](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/spice-up-your-life) _2026-03-14 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ Well, we don't have reviews anymore, so let's get good at something: interviews A note: Kids are screaming, we are rushing to the grocery store, typos live here!. ## [A conversation with WRITING COACH Mac Crane](https://pinestatepublicity.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-writing-coach) _2026-03-07 · Cassie Mannes Murray · Pine State Publicity_ Their new book, manuscript consultations, and the job of writing coach. ## [Rhetoric is not neutral](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/03/04/rhetoric-is-not-neutral/) _2026-03-04 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ Rhetoric is not neutral. It never has been. Martin Luther King and Adolf Hitler. Two masters of rhetoric. Two completely different human beings. Every speech, every presentation, every strategic message carries a moral charge, whether we acknowledge it or not. When rhetoric is joined to ethics, it can persuade, inspire and motivate. It builds trust. \[ \] ## [What the cobblestones of Warsaw can teach us about public speaking](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/02/13/speaking-with-deliberation/) _2026-02-13 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ Last week in Warsaw, it was cold. Very cold.The temperature frequently dipped below minus 20 degrees Celsius. The cobblestones of the Old Town were covered in ice.You couldn’t rush.Every step demanded attention. As I walked, I realized how much this applies to public speaking. When moving over slippery terrain, you have to walk with deliberation. \[ \] ## [Analysis of a speech by Mark Carney](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/01/27/analysis-of-a-speech-by-mark-carney/) _2026-01-27 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, the world has grown accustomed to speeches that are loud, polished, and quickly forgotten. This one was different. On 20 January 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech that has garnered international attention and praise. It was a speech that came at a fraught time \[ \] ## [A Canadian Chiasmus](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/01/21/a-canadian-chiasmus/) _2026-01-21 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ As a Canadian, I am very proud of Prime Minister Mark Carney s speech at Davos yesterday. His talk deserves careful attention. Not because it was loud.Not because it was dramatic.But because it was firm and precise. At a moment when the international order is truly at an inflection point—and when the consequences of words are no \[ \] ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HZiPaoNTLe7m) _2026-01-21 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [Three questions that matter](https://mannerofspeaking.org/2026/01/13/three-questions-your-audience-has/) _2026-01-13 · johnzimmer · Manner of speaking_ Three questions that your audience will always have for you: Most business presentations answer What? Good ones also answer So what? Great ones finish with Now what? Your audience is asking all three whether you address them or not.