"Halt and Catch Fire": A hidden gemIn this edition of Marginalia, the best series you've probably never heard of. Halt and Catch Fire (2014 – 2017) If further evidence were...
EssaysWhat Is "Art Of Conversation" For?An updated vision of where this project is going and how we will do it. “I like people to express themselves heartily, their words...
Marginalia"Shy" & "Brutes": Brutish and ShortIn this edition of Marginalia, we have the latest typographical experiment from Max Porter, and a deliciously dark tale of girlhood. Shy,...
EssaysWhose Mind Is It Anyway?On the intellectual crutches that prevent us having to think. The other day I was forced to ask myself a question I never could have...
Essays"The Fabelmans": A new recipe for old ingredientsOn the ways we are formed in childhood, and how artists return to familiar places to find new ways forward. In our beginning, as T. S....
EssaysIn Praise of Comic BooksOn what makes comic books special, and an argument against calling them "graphic novels". When I was growing up, comic books were a major...
Essays"Stolen Focus": Part TwoOn Johann Hari's book Stolen Focus, and how the most extreme voices are dominating our public conversations. In part one of this essay, I...