In 1996, Paul Lukas discovered hundreds of detailed student records from the Manhattan Trade School for Girls from the 1920s but never knew what to do with them.
The school tracked students’ employment history for years after they graduated and “many of the students’ records also featured assorted paperwork—letters to the students from [...]
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, by Charles Yu
“The science-fictional universe in question in this marvel of a novel is Minor Universe 31 (MU31). It’s something of a second-rate universe, having been left unfinished by whoever was constructing it—the laws of physics were abandoned only 93 percent installed, Yu [...]
What I’ve been reading:
I feel compelled to mention I read Freedom before Oprah chose it for her book club. But don’t let the Oprah thing deter you, it’s a book well worth reading.
Milan wrote an on-point review of Zero History over on his blog.
