Out of all the books I read in 2016, my favorites were:
Consuming art [on the Internet] feels like truancy, like something shady, something you shouldn’t be doing. And this is…
Book lists are an annual tradition for me. For the past two weeks, I’ve been assembling my 2015 book list as a slow-burn…
December 17, 2015: Since book list season—the most wonderful time of the year—is upon us again, I’m reposting last year’s list to get things started. Follow along as I build my 2015 book list on Twitter.
In the summer of 2012, I spent a weekend reading with seven friends. We printed binders full of stories and essays to share…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been looking for a sustainable commonplace book system. My ideal system would be:
Books are a huge part of my life, and so every now and then, I like to step back and take stock of the pages I’ve turned. I last stepped back in January, so the edge of July felt like a good time take stock again.
Since yesterday morning, I’ve been trying to make headway on a new edition of the open letter I write every now and then about what I’ve learned lately. In the beginning, I had five sections outlined: on finishing, coding, noticing, reading, and listening. I started working on the reading…
Cultural freedom did not come cheap. [Between 1952 and 1969], the CIA was to pump tens of millions of dollars into the Congress for Cultural Freedom and related projects. With this kind of commitment, the CIA was in effect acting…
