5/11/26
How American children became the fussiest eaters in history (and why they need to check their not-dying privilege).
books
9 posts
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