I Miss Being Bored at the Mall
Browsing taught me to enjoy my own company. In a digital age, how will my children learn to be by themselves?
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Why William Gibson Is a Literary Genius
Forty years after his breakout story, “Johnny Mnemonic,” the father of cyberpunk remains one of the best writers around
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Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing
Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits
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COVID-19 Couplets
On daily walks, we cut the neighbours swaths / Of space
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Are Prose Poets Trolling Us?
In a new anthology, everything is a poem. And nothing is
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Forgotten Work
There also was an obit for Oasis; The aging rockers had fused and perished, faces Picassoed, mop tops mixed
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Canada’s Cantankerous Aardvark
Cerebus, which turns forty this month, is one of the funniest, most innovative, and most offensive comics ever made
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The Case Against Reading Everything
Writing instructors preach exposure to different voices and styles. They are wrong
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Carly Rae Jepsen Hasn’t Earned Your Scholarly Scrutiny
Contemporary culture writers warp their subjects out of proportion by applying more gravitas than is warranted by the source material
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What Happens When Authors Are Afraid to Stand Alone
Writing as an individual pursuit has been replaced by “community”—and literature is the worse for it
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