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“What We Lose by Reading 100,000 Words a Day”

Oct. 4, 2018 | The Washington Post

The ability to re-read long novels might not seem directly relevant to our current political dysfunction, but neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf makes a strong case that it is in her new book, Reader, Come Home. I reviewed the book for The Washington Post. Read More at The Washington Post »

“Copy Machines in Libraries Are Going the Way of the Dodo–Slowly”

June 4, 2018 | EdSurge

I'm always interested in how familiar tools--like the copy machine--change over time or give way to other tools and what that says about how we live, so this story was fun to do. Read More at EdSurge »

“Nobody’s Girl”

April 2, 2018 | Idle Ink

A Cinderella dispatch from somewhere between the glass slippers and the happily-ever-after. Read More at Idle Ink »

“Content Providers?”

March 20, 2018 | The Times Literary Supplement

A review of The Digital Critic, a collection of essays on living the literary life online, for the TLS. Read More at The Times Literary Supplement »

“The Character of Its Content”

Dec. 7, 2017 | Princeton Alumni Weekly

My alma mater's alumni magazine asked me to profile Peter Dougherty, the outgoing director of Princeton University Press, and I was happy to oblige. Read More at Princeton Alumni Weekly »

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  • “A paler shade of white”: HAVING AND BEING HAD by Eula Biss (review)
  • “Do We Have Victorians to Thank for Consumerism?”
  • “The Complicated Role of the Modern Public Library”

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