SELECTED WRITING
‘The Great Offline’, Real Life Magazine — the concept of “offline” is built on the earlier concept of “wilderness,” inheriting its flaws and hazards.
‘Is it my body?’, Real Life Magazine — on paranormal horror and digital ghosts.
‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’, Real Life Magazine — on the politics of public lighting.
‘Star Power’, Real Life Magazine — tech companies’ origin myths evoke the history of the universe to make their expansion seem inevitable.
‘Black Hole Sun’, The Baffler — the eclipse and the end times.
‘Real Magic’, The Baffler — Transcendental Meditation through the eyes of its most devoted illusionist.
‘Ugly cats and the loneliness of man’, The Los Angeles Review of Books — on what it means to photograph a pet.
‘Retroactive Abortion’, The Los Angeles Review of Books — time travel movies and the unborn baby.
‘Marxist Astronomy’, The Public Domain Review — the Milky Way according to Dutch astronomer Anton Pannekoek.
‘Dark Mode’s Shadowy Promises’, WIRED — light on dark displays tap into society’s deepest fears about technology’s ills.
‘Living through allegory’, The Sydney Review of Books — on literary animals and Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay
‘Nick Drnaso, Acting Class’, The Chicago Review — in Acting Class, as on the internet, extreme forms of disclosure coexist with extreme forms of withholding.
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See here for a more complete list of work.
‘Is it my body?’, Real Life Magazine — on paranormal horror and digital ghosts.
‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’, Real Life Magazine — on the politics of public lighting.
‘Star Power’, Real Life Magazine — tech companies’ origin myths evoke the history of the universe to make their expansion seem inevitable.
‘Black Hole Sun’, The Baffler — the eclipse and the end times.
‘Real Magic’, The Baffler — Transcendental Meditation through the eyes of its most devoted illusionist.
‘Ugly cats and the loneliness of man’, The Los Angeles Review of Books — on what it means to photograph a pet.
‘Retroactive Abortion’, The Los Angeles Review of Books — time travel movies and the unborn baby.
‘Marxist Astronomy’, The Public Domain Review — the Milky Way according to Dutch astronomer Anton Pannekoek.
‘Dark Mode’s Shadowy Promises’, WIRED — light on dark displays tap into society’s deepest fears about technology’s ills.
‘Living through allegory’, The Sydney Review of Books — on literary animals and Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay
‘Nick Drnaso, Acting Class’, The Chicago Review — in Acting Class, as on the internet, extreme forms of disclosure coexist with extreme forms of withholding.
...
See here for a more complete list of work.