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Craig Mod • Post-Artifact Books and Publishing
A quarter of a century later, did he—did we—manage to salvage the wreck? Or have Birkerts’s worst fears come to pass? It’s hard to tell from the numbers. More independent bookstores are opening than closing, and sales of print books are up—but authors’ earnings are down. Fewer Americans read for pleasure than they once did. A major house’s... See more
Mairead Small Staid • Reading in the Age of Constant Distraction
as if he, too, might have another hundred years or two to document what time hides forever in plain sight.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
He’d be nothing. He wouldn’t even be 571. The real authorities could turn him into anything at all.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
This new essay, “Learning to Wait,” by Rachel Kushner, is a beautiful reflection on distraction, attention, and the art of noticing things, in conversation with my book Thoreau’s Axe. 🪓🙏
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caleb smithx.comAs Josh and Thrive become more successful I suspect lots of people will have lots to say about them…so a couple little anecdotes:
- At lunch with Josh recently I was explaining an aspect of our business strategy at Positive Sum and Colossus. He listened very carefully and quietly for a while and when I finished he said:... See more
Patrick OShaughnessyx.comaristocracy. Lumberjacks by day, conductors of the philharmonic
Matthew McConaughey • Greenlights
As a writer and culture critic, I operate at the intersection between these corporations and the mass audience. My influence is limited, but if I don’t play a part in trying to revitalize and refresh our artistic idioms, I will have wasted much of the potential of my vocation.
This is why, for example, I listen to so much new music and read so many... See more
This is why, for example, I listen to so much new music and read so many... See more
Ted Gioia • My 12 Favorite Problems
“Our investment in reading changes the book because the book has changed us. ... If books are merely a means of transferring information, then perhaps, yes, a book is a waste of time. If a summary of its thesis and key points could be presented in a brief article or Substack post, why not just save the hours and read the Substack post? All the more
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