Tag: Books

118 Results

| March 6, 2009

distinguo

When we talk about reading, and whether The Screen is an enemy of The Book, we need to pause to make distinctions. We...

| March 3, 2009

Birkerts and the Kindle

Well, Sven Birkerts suspects the Kindle — no surprise there. Interestingly, in the seminar I’m currently...

| January 28, 2009

what we read when we read

At a working library I read this: In ancient days, written texts were inscribed on long pieces of parchment that were...

| January 25, 2009

addendum on Nicholas Carr

Regarding the post just below: Carr refers to Wikipedia as “a single source of information” — but is it?...

| January 23, 2009

the end of book reviews?

By which I mean not the reviewing of books but the kind of newspaper section called a book review, as in the New York...

| January 23, 2009

the Republic of Letters

Here’s an excellent article by Robert Darnton, about which I will have more to say later. But for now here’s a...

| January 23, 2009

in the reign of King Josiah

For people interested in the relations between orality and literacy, there’s a fascinating passage in the Biblical...

| January 16, 2009

a new life for old books

Over at boingboing, a very interesting post by Steven Johnson in which he discusses, among other things, the research...