Most books are not Important Books, no matter how excellent they are – but if a book makes you think, isn’t that what’s important?
Read It Somewhere Articles
The Choice of Literacy
More and more, it’s possible to get everything done without bothering with that pesky business of reading and writing. It’s a loss.
Hope for Humanity Despite AI
Generative AI may reduce our need to think for ourselves, but there will always be people who do things the hard way – and that gives me hope.
Real Life is Crowded
Keeping track of a large cast of characters in fiction can be a challenge, but there’s a really good reason why sometimes it’s worth the work.