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- Black people are getting happier
27 Aug 2010
...according to Newsweek. While white people are not. I would love to hear what you think about... more>>
- What's good for Godin...
24 Aug 2010
Seth Godin's announcement that he is forsaking traditional publishing is big enough news that Jeffrey Trachtenberg made note of it in the Wall Street Journal today. I did not learn anything too substantive from Godin's post beyond the fact that he is... more>>
- Get The Point
17 Aug 2010
The editors of the Chicago-based journal The Point are big-time Friends of Agate. Very happy to see this nice write-up at the University of Chicago's website, which includes a surprisingly detailed photo slideshow. We've given the fellows a sliver of... more>>
- Technology and melancholia (and the novel)
28 Jul 2010
I know which side I'm on: the more books I write, the more convinced I become that what we encounter in a novel is not selves, but networks; that what we hear in poems is (to use the language of communications technology) not signal but noise. The... more>>
- Real Indian
26 Jul 2010
Anupy Singla, whose first book is just a few months from publication, recently shared with the Chicago Sun-Times the story of her family's first trip to India with kids in tow. It's a fascinating glimpse into India's street food culture, and a great... more>>


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