The Gladwell Sentence

January 30, 2014 | 1 book mentioned

Would you rather be sentenced to almost eight years in prison or be forced to read Malcolm Gladwell? Convicted eco-terrorist Rebecca Rubin was sentenced to five years in prison and told to read Gladwell’s David and Goliath. The judge believes Rubin could learn non-violent protest from Gladwell. Pair with: Our own Michael Bourne’s review of the book.

is an associate editor for The Millions and an editor in Atlanta. She tweets at @temalone.