Deciderization 2007—a Special Report
Deciderization 2007 explores the complexities of curating a Best American Essays collection, discussing the challenges of defining essays, editorial roles, the value of clarity, and navigating information overload.
neugierig.orgThe cashier at the Union Square Barnes and Nobles told me that the essays books were on the 4th floor, but I didn't imagine how sparse the selection would be. I found 2 cases, 10 shelves total, something like 60 linear feat of essay book spines. I wondered if the 4th floor was a microcosm, and so I acted on my urge to count shelves to know precisel
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It was drafted by Tom Hayden, whose first version began like this: Every generation inherits from the past a set of problems—and a dominant set of insights and perspectives by which the problems are to be understood and, hopefully, managed.
In the largest view, I see a deep transformation in the nature of reading, a shift from focused, sequential, text-centered engagement to a far more lateral kind of encounter.
