The Office of Historical Corrections is a book recommended on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, and what was appealing was both that the author is a Washingtonian, and her description of how the book came to be written. the audio version of this is just fine, and reads like the short stories featured in The New Yorker. So far, nothing too profound, but that's not to say I am not enjoying the stories- they are enjoyable and easy to follow (however bleak going into the first three stories). I am looking forward to the short story with the title's namesake, as described by the author during her interview. Despite the short story that makes up the book' title, my favorite short story was "Anything Could Disappear"- this could have made for a great novel on its own.
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy was mentioned in a NY Times article back in April 2019, and while this sat on my Kindle's virtual bookshelf, having a week of no work or dissertation allows me to also just enjoy avoiding screens as much as possible- aside from writing this post. I highly recommend the book- it is not a preachy self-help book on turning off Facebook. Instead, you hear from an artist's perspective the history of doing nothing, with great insight into what that means for the average Joe/Jane and how to thoroughly enjoy life with the most mundane of activities.
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy was mentioned in a NY Times article back in April 2019, and while this sat on my Kindle's virtual bookshelf, having a week of no work or dissertation allows me to also just enjoy avoiding screens as much as possible- aside from writing this post. I highly recommend the book- it is not a preachy self-help book on turning off Facebook. Instead, you hear from an artist's perspective the history of doing nothing, with great insight into what that means for the average Joe/Jane and how to thoroughly enjoy life with the most mundane of activities.
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