Beginning with Ourselves: A Conversation with Ben Tanzer on “The Missing”

Beginning with Ourselves: A Conversation with Ben Tanzer on "The Missing"

[ad_1] The much acclaimed—but sadly now shuttered—Andersonville restaurant Passerotto delivered checks to their patrons inside used paperbacks. What a novel idea (forgive me)! While it likely wasn’t their intention, the practice had the potential to introduce diners to new books and new writers. One night my check happened to be delivered in Ben Tanzer’s Lost … Read more

The Wild, Wild Internet in Ben Smith’s “Traffic” – Chicago Review of Books

The Wild, Wild Internet in Ben Smith’s “Traffic” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The twenties have been wild for the Internet. Titanic companies like Facebook and Twitter have gone through major changes. Millions have been laid off, and in the past month alone, two popular online journalism portals, Buzzfeed and Vice News, trimmed their operations with the former completely shutting down. Is the Internet, as we know … Read more