Around New Year I usually back-track though my non-professional reading and compile a top five. Last month I came up with these: 1) Music and Freedom, Zoe Morrison—an Oz writer, though this is set largely in Oxford, UK; excellent storytelling, strong characters, lots of music. 2) 4321, Paul Auster, a rare male entry! I didn't … Continue reading Yearly Faves
Consequences for higher education, work, and the care of bodies. That’s a rather grandiose title for this post, which spruiks just two pieces recently uploaded by historians. But I think they are among the best short things I’ve read this year; and they speak unusually well to each other. The first is by Frances Flanagan, an … Continue reading Historians on the Automated Future
Last year I was honored to launch the latest book by my friend and collaborator, Mike McDonnell. The transcript is below. You are all Mike’s friends and colleagues, so you probably know—or you should know—the basic gist of this book. If you don’t: it’s about the Native Americans who live at the top end of … Continue reading Masters of Empire
