10/29/26
Being Against Tech Oligarchy at Clio's with the Current.
books
17 posts
10/21/26
The work of caring at the end of the world.
9/22/26
Giving Dennis Cooper’s cult classic a second read.
9/10/26
A recent book criticizing the foodie movement only rehashes its mistakes.
9/7/26
How are they open? How can we close them?
7/9/26
An Oakland schoolteacher on Mac Barnett's “Make Believe” and the good books her young readers deserve.
6/24/26
Are rumors of a leftist LitRPG genre more than fantasy?
5/29/26
In his new book, Trevor Paglen tries to look through a machine's eyes.
5/11/26
How American children became the fussiest eaters in history (and why they need to check their not-dying privilege).
4/15/26
In Ellen Huet’s “Empire of Orgasm,” growth is the real cult we meet along the way (and no one is immune to being touched by the spectacle).
4/10/26
Theodore Gordon's “The Composer’s Black Box: Making Music in Cybernetic America,” unboxed.
3/24/26
What happens when we say, “When it finally happens...”
2/14/26
Cruising for a connection.
2/11/26
David Foster Wallace's magnum opus turns thirty.
11/17/25
Not much.
10/15/25
A bookseller recommends a novel about suicide.
6/12/25
East Bay Booksellers, a Wednesday