The Shallows, Part II: Research in the Digital Age Perhaps the biggest change I’ve noticed in writing—both in my own work and in my teaching of writing—has been in the area of research. When I taught my first technical composition class in 1989, students still used big green volumes of The Reader’s Guide to Periodical …
Note: Click here for an updated version of this post. The Shallows, Part I: Deep Reading Yesterday I took advantage of having a cold and staying home (our car didn’t leave the driveway all day!) to finish reading The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr. The book was released …
I haven’t been online much in the past couple of days because of a cold that makes my itchy eyes balk at the sight of a computer screen. However, I’ve been using some of this time, appropriately enough, to start reading The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr. It’s …
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Note: I’m excited to be able to give away a free copy of The Bird Sisters with a bookplate signed by Rebecca! Just leave a comment on this post before midnight, Friday, April 15th to enter. I’ll choose a name at random and announce the winner on April 16th. “On a particularly low morning…” This …