If we aren’t connected to the Internet, do we exist? photo by yatharth roy vibhakar All of us in the cyberworld have an umbilical to the Internet and panic if…Continue readingEmail and existence
The epistolary novel in the digital age The story-in-correspondence found in epistolary novels is by no means a new thing. It’s been going on for centuries. Letter writing to people…Continue readingLetters tell the story
What is it that makes certain stories last? That’s a question that Neil Gaiman explores in a lecture two and a half years in the making, part of the Long…Continue readingStories are alive
50 great books you’ll never read in school It’s that time of the year when reading for pleasure will give way to burning through that syllabus, Emily Temple writes at…Continue readingNot Safe For School
“DEARLY BELOVED, SAVE HUMANITY!” says the subject line on one the messages in my spam box. I am tempted to send an autoreply. “You have reached the Messiah Hotline. We…Continue readingSpamology et al
40 women, 40 words, 40 stories Two weeks after my husband’s stroke, I saw him get up and take his first step since the moment that he was struck down.…Continue readingLife changes