Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning show is talking with Maggie Jackson, author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. She worries that computers and cell phones and multitasking are making us unable to concentrate on... um... right, the world around us. For the record, Maggie Jackson was in our store in June. … Continue reading Attention Span
Is This the Hottest Artist in the World?
The identity of the graffiti artist known only as Banksy has long been a mystery. Even as his art, which appears unexpectedly overnight, has become more and more collectible and valued.Now the Mail on Sunday newspaper claims that Banksy is in fact Robin Gunningham, whom the British media constantly refer to as a "nice middle-class … Continue reading Is This the Hottest Artist in the World?
Agony Uncle
I recently stumbled upon Five Dials, a small literary journal from the British publisher Hamish Hamilton, itself part of the larger Penguin group. The first issue is a very tasteful assortment of authors and topics, but the standout, I think, is an advice column by noted penseur Alain de Botton, author of How Proust Can … Continue reading Agony Uncle
Musings from Magers and Quinn 