Essay
A Short Defense of Marginalia
The margin is not empty space around the text. It is where reading turns into thinking, in real time, without waiting for the sentence to finish.
Essays
Essays
Longer, slower pieces — considered rather than provisional.
Essay
On the Practice of Noticing
There is a kind of attention that doesn't grasp at things but lets them arrive. I've been trying to cultivate it for the better part of a year, with mixed results.
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On Rereading
The first time through a book, you're mostly finding out what happens. The second time, you're finding out what it's actually about.