Diversions: Essays and Roundups

My Personal Encounter with a Medieval Invention
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Forgotten Authors, C.S. Lewis’s Long Tail, Cases of Neglect, Easy Offense, More
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Relying on Books, Malcolm X Gave Himself a High School and College Education—While Locked Behind Bars
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Sure, There’s Probably a Dozen—Likely More—But Pick Just One
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It’s the 60th Anniversary of His Death: Here’s to His Life and Ongoing Influence
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Name a Book That Dragged on Too Long—or Ended Too Soon
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Whole Earth Catalog Online, Tyler Cowen’s AI Book, Paperbacks, Audiobooks, Sam Bankman-Fried’s Accidental Defense of the Humanities
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Funny Things Can Happen When You Entertain Other People’s Ideas
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A Short Story for Halloween
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Why Book Fatigue Sometimes Saps Our Drive, Plus 3 Easy Ways to Regain Your Mojo—Including Audiobooks
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Whether You Like or Despise the Spooky, Macabre, and Grotesque, What Are the Most Unsettling Books You’ve Read?
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How Much Damage Can You Do to a Book and Still Live with Yourself?
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