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“Books have become the new ‘it’ fashion accessory. Is that such a bad thing?”

March 29, 2019 | The Washington Post

Supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid made a splash recently when they were photographed toting their current reads. They're hardly the first beautiful people to use books as attention-getters. Think of Eve Arnold's iconic 1955 photo of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses. I say we should celebrate, not snark. Read More at The Washington Post »

The Art of the Political Cartoon: A Vital, Vanishing Form

March 25, 2019 | Art & Object

Even as traditional outlets for it shrink, socially conscious art and the desire to make it remain as strong as ever. Read More at Art & Object »

“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 »

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