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…
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…
Early in Close to the Machine, Ellen Ullman meets a corporate vice president dressed in a smooth black suit. The two…
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…
