Jun 22
The Theory That Shook Literary Studies To The Core
Part 2: Three Thinkers That Tipped Literary Studies Upside-Down
10 min read
Weekly Column
Jun 10
When Did Reading Become a Chore?
Six Moments That Changed How We See English Literature
10 min read
Jun 07
The Curse of Knowledge
Why Intelligent People Make Unintelligible Teachers
3 min read
May 31
You Need More "Wet" Reading In Your Life
Or, why I ran out and got a Kindle
5 min read
May 17
Taking a short medical leave!
But we'll be right back next Friday
3 min read
May 10
The Best Books Will Disappear Into Your Life
On trusting your taste
3 min read
May 03
Re-reading is ok, even if it takes you years
because time is always on your side
2 min read
Apr 29
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[Celebration] 3 Writing Lessons From 2 Years On Substack
Celebrating our 20,000 subscribers milestone
7 min read
Apr 26
Don't Compare What You’re Reading To What People Are Recommending
On building self-trust to find the right books
3 min read
Apr 19
Embrace Superficial Reading
Because understanding a little is better than none at all
3 min read
Apr 12
"I just woke up and wrote this..."
The Myth of Effortless Writing and Why Rhetoric Matters
4 min read
Apr 04
The Curse of Silent Reading
A missing ingredient in your reading habit
5 min read