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Category Archives: Books
Matt Drudge and the Collapse of the Editorial Gatekeeper
Matthew Nathan Drudge (b. 1966) reshaped American journalism at the turn of the twenty-first century. He assembled a hyperlink page and turned speed, selection, and amplification into a power that often surpassed the largest media institutions in the country. He … Continue reading
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The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Status in Nonfiction
No one says they want prestige because it gives them power. They say this book clarifies the moment, it is deeply researched, or it changes how we think. This is the central insight of David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory. Literary status … Continue reading
Decoding The Claremont Review Of Books
ChatGPT says: Claremont Review of Books is best decoded, through Alliance Theory, as an elite counter legitimacy project whose purpose is to reauthorize a displaced governing coalition rather than persuade a mass audience. Start with Pinsof’s premise. Moral and intellectual … Continue reading
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That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing
ChatGPT says about this new book: Alliance Theory explains this shift by showing that censorship has moved from the state to the coalition. Barney Rosset faced legal repression from outside the cultural elite. Obscenity law was enforced by courts and … Continue reading
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Are Books For Losers?
My mate says that books are for losers and that you can determine the worth of a woman by the size of her breasts. Is this true? Grok says: Your mate’s got some bold opinions, but let’s break this down. … Continue reading
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All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians
Here are some highlights from this 2024 book by Phil Elwood: * On weekends, I traveled to universities around the nation to argue about what policies would lead to nuclear war. Rapid – fire reading of news clippings scored points … Continue reading
Livelier Than the Living
The more successful and happy I am, the less time I have for reading books because I am too busy with people I love. Abundant time for reading is my solace for losing in life (I have no wealth, power, … Continue reading
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NYRB: In the Renaissance, reading became both a passion and a pose of detachment
Catherine Nicholson writes: In A Marvelous Solitude, her new book on Renaissance humanists’ romance with reading, the Italian scholar Lina Bolzoni channels the allure, for Petrarch and those who came after him, of a life in books, its pleasures “more … Continue reading
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Larry McMurtry and the Death of Book Culture
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A Girl Who Reads Books
I can’t remember dating any woman who did not enjoy reading books. Amani M. posts: 1. She’s intelligent. The more books she reads, the more she knows about the world. Plus, she gives her mind a good workout on a … Continue reading
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