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"Halt and Catch Fire": A hidden gem

In this edition of Marginalia, the best series you've probably never heard of. Halt and Catch Fire (2014 – 2017) If further evidence were...

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What 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...

"Shy" & "Brutes": Brutish and Short

In this edition of Marginalia, we have the latest typographical experiment from Max Porter, and a deliciously dark tale of girlhood. Shy,...

Whose 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...

"The Fabelmans": A new recipe for old ingredients

On 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....

In Praise of Comic Books

On what makes comic books special, and an argument against calling them "graphic novels". When I was growing up, comic books were a major...

"Stolen Focus": Part Two

On Johann Hari's book Stolen Focus, and how the most extreme voices are dominating our public conversations. In part one of this essay, I...