Books and reading

Making Meaning

By Garth Greenwell,

Against “relevance” in art

Making Meaning

Host Harper’s Magazine, Guest Garth Greenwell on October 30, 2020

You may know what you want, but you may not know what you need Read More

No Time But the Present

By Alan Jacobs,

From Breaking Bread with the Dead, which was published last month by Penguin Press. Navigating life in the internet age is a lot like doing battlefield triage. There are days…

Paperback to the Future

By Vivian Gornick,

From Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader, a collection of essays published next month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The other day I was asked a question of fact…

Dangerous Minds

From titles of books and periodicals that are banned, or of which issues are banned, in Louisiana state prisons. Pinterest for BusinessSmart Moves Beyond Mutual FundsO, The Oprah MagazineThe Prada…

Like This or Die

By Christian Lorentzen,

The fate of the book review in the age of the algorithm

Like This or Die

By Harper’s Magazine, on March 25, 2019

What gets lost in the age of the algorithm

The Printed Word in Peril

By Will Self,

The age of Homo virtualis is upon us

Literary Customs

By Alejandro Zambra,

From Not to Read, which was published in the UK in April by Fitzcarraldo Editions. Zambra is the author of five novels, as well as short stories and poems. Translated…

Flesh and Blood

By Vivian Gornick,

Three close encounters with Sons and Lovers

Apocalypse Always

By Walter Kirn,

As a teenager in the Mormon Church, I was led to believe I might live to see the world end — the fallen world of sin and imperfection, that is, which…

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Making Meaning

Making Meaning

No Time But the Present

Paperback to the Future

Dangerous Minds

Like This or Die

Like This or Die

The Printed Word in Peril

Literary Customs

Flesh and Blood

Apocalypse Always

August 2017