In mathematics, the quotient is what you get when you divide one quantity by another. Thus, 3 into 36 yields the quotient 12. In Tracy O’Neill’s vertiginous new novel of information and its discontents, quotients are what remain when carefully...
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No Classroom Is an Island
“Remember Hoping Hospital?” I started my oral training class with a rhetorical question. Silence. The eighteen English majors, even the active speakers, had been quiet since the class began in early March. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the spring...
Sheltering With “Framily”
My best friends, Ruby and Paul, live about an hour north of Manhattan. On March 13, we planned a nice weekend—I would come up for a day or two, as I often do to get out of the city. On March 14, Covid-19 accelerated its embrace of New York. Paul and...
Aesopica (2019)
i: The Hunting Dog and the Watchdog Once there was a hunting dog and a watchdog who lived down the street across the river by a forest of meat Watchdog took up on the big wraparound porch every day with a rifle between his paws and when Hunting Dog...
Lockdown Bullet Journal Day 21
Watched 8 videos on how to sew a fabric mask1 Added an extra 10 ml water to sourdough recipe (no other variables changed)2 Reread another handful of pages of The Bell Jar3 Listened to daily press conference (Raab again)4 Spoke to my family in...
UPDATE: Trump and the Criminal Culture
This is a follow-up to Roxana Robinson’s earlier essay, “Trump & the Criminal Culture.” If you ran a company, would you offer a product that would kill nearly half your customers? How good a business model is that? If you’re part of an...