Books, Arts, and Culture

The first book I finished this year was Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, which made the argument that technology and social...

On December 23, 2019, I wrote these sentences in my private journal: “Shore up your strength for 2020. You’re going to need it in ways you...

There was a before, I think, and back then I read well. I read on subways and trains. I read in bars while I waited for...

Cosy winter reads are fun, but when the nights start drawing in and the air gets frosty, I often find myself reaching for a more unsettling...

Hey, y’all! We’ve done it again! The whole alphabet! A–Z with fairytales, folktales, and myths. We went in a bit of a different direction on this...

I’m a super fan of Crooked Media’s Pod Save America, the witty and wise podcast featuring former aides to President Barack Obama. I never miss an...

It’s the time of year where everyone begins to prepare to say goodbye to the old and welcome in the new. There’s probably no truer year...

Few things stress me out more than procrastinating on holiday gift-giving. I try to get mine done early on—and, since many of my friends are avid...

While the end of the year often brings about the desire to improve something in one’s life come the new year, the reality is the desire...

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