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On some books in Edna St. Vincent Millay’s library

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

When my mother and I first entered the library at Steepletop in 2010, the first book I saw was Ulysses, lying flat and nonchalant upon a table as though it had a perfect right to be there. “!!!!” I thought, though “thought” is not the right word for that moment ...

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The Binary Hero, World One, and World Zero

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Below is an expanded and revised version of the talk I gave at the South by Southwest Interactive panel Swarming Plato's Cave: Rethinking Digital Fantasies on March 16th, 2010. Talking with some folks at SXSW both before and after the panel definitely helped my thinking; thanks to all of you, ...

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