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 »
Writing
“Copy Machines in Libraries Are Going the Way of the Dodo–Slowly”
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”
A Cinderella dispatch from somewhere between the glass slippers and the happily-ever-after. Read More at Idle Ink »
“Content Providers?”
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”
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 »
