Former Nike COO Andy Campion has officially departed Nike to take on a role as director of UCLA’s new Sports Leadership and Management program. Pre-pandemic, Campion allegedly was among a small group of executives considered a top candidate for next CEO. In May of last year, when Heidi O’Neill and Craig Williams were announced as presidents, the writing was on the wall for Campion's eventual exit. And indeed, shortly thereafter the 53-year-old Campion was moved out of the C-Suite and named managing director of strategic business ventures, a role described as working with CEO John Donahoe to find new business opportunities,” according to reporting by Matthew Kish for the Oregonian.

To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go John Prine thought he was doing it wrong; the silence only confirmed it. Prine wrote the songs for his 1971 debut while walking with a mailbag across his shoulder, taking in scenes of daily life along his route as a letter carrier. He filled those songs with the details he absorbed as he delivered the mail. This is what made him nervous about singing his songs in public – surely there must be a reason why other songwriters weren’t doing it that way; was he just a rank amateur?

It’s hard to believe the pub date for Not Your China Doll is a little less than six months away. My publishing team and I have lots of fun stuff in store, including book giveaways, AMW-branded goodies, a sneak peak inside the book, and more—so the party’s just getting started!  Now, if you have enjoyed reading Half-Caste Woman and appreciate all the work that goes into writing the newsletter, the best way you can continue to support my work is by pre-ordering the book, which is available online nearly everywhere books are sold, even your local independent bookstore (check your favorite indie’s website or Bookshop.

Dear Reader Happy Father’s Day, if that applies to your territory and/or worldview.  Me? I take the Homeric approach and am busy self-celebrating while I write this on Daddy’s Day Eve. Last week, the FT’s Lex section discussed the tangled problems at Credit Suisse—of which, like me, you were probably unaware until now—and coined the  beautiful phrase “chaotic drift” to describe it. In his round-up of that week’s commentary, Head of Lex Jonathan Guthrie said: 

This is a very special edition of Tabletops celebrating the all-new Apple Tysons Corner. In lieu of a regular newsletter on Monday, I’ll be sending paid subscribers my full gallery of photos from the store media preview and additional details and observations about the new space. If you’re not a paid subscriber, you can upgrade this week only for R010% off a lifetime subscription. Today, Apple revealed its most comprehensive redesign of the Apple Store experience in nearly a decade.