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A Short Manifesto on the Future of Attention

So this is what it’s come to: when an attention gift economy seems more practical and sustainable than an exchange economy for information commodities[.]

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Treasuring the Artifacts of Publishing

Is the screen the new paper? Will publishing houses go the way of the old-fashioned record store? Is digital delivery the new bookstore? Is Google

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“[G]ood writing is not about knowing words…”

This collection is a wonderful reminder that good writing is not about knowing words, grammar or Faulkner, but having that rare ability to tell the

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Richard Poirier, A Man of Good Reading

In the “canon wars” that raged on campuses and beyond in the 1980s —with multiculturalists feuding with traditionalists — Mr. Poirier faulted both sides. He

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Is Inglourious Basterds director Quentin Tarantino all washed up—or just hitting his stride?

Could it be that one of the most overrated directors of the ’90s has become one of the most underrated of the aughts?

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Assessing the Stripper Memoir

It is a surprisingly rigid genre, with a set of rules and conventions as strict as those of sonnets or villanelles.

Katie Roiphe on Assessing

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Why I Wish I Had Played D&D as a Kid

Sure, there’s narrative and story; there’s strategy and planning; there’s social and group dynamics. But the biggest reason I wish I had played D&D when

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“Can Do” by Maria Kalman

Maria Kalman on Benjamin Franklin; Can Do – And the Pursuit of Happiness Blog – NYTimes.com.…

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