2+ week, 5+ day ago  (824+ words) The Last Dyes'sat in my office for several days before I opened it, still wrapped in plastic. I kept meaning to get to it and didn't. Classes, emails, drafts. It waited where new books often wait " visible, unopened, deferred. One…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (745+ words) By Samuel J. Abrams I went to a comedy show in downtown Manhattan recently. Small venue. Packed room. Mostly young comics in their 20s trying out material in front of their peers. If you want to understand how young people really see…...