Most academic historians accept that historians' own circumstances demand that they tell the story in a particular way, of course. While people… — Michelle Dean Hands Copy Share Image
There has long been an argument in New York about what, exactly, the purpose of book awards ought to be. One model… — Michelle Dean Best Copy Share Image
Television became defensible - and, frankly, worshipped - because the shows started to be so carefully structured, so attentive to language, and… — Michelle Dean Eye Copy Share Image
The 'World Wide Web', as people quaintly called the Internet in 1996, was more or less made up of text. There was… — Michelle Dean Internet Copy Share Image
The forward march of American literature is usually chronicled by way of its male novelists. There is little sense, in that version… — Michelle Dean American Copy Share Image
'Millennials' has become a kind of modern swearword, a slur directed at people in their early 20s. — Michelle Dean Early Copy Share Image
There's no good way to be the center of a media maelstrom you did not choose for yourself. — Michelle Dean Choose Copy Share Image
Vacation reading is not a new concept. Ever since the 19th century, when novels were considered relatively sinful indulgences, leisure and fiction-reading… — Michelle Dean Books Copy Share Image
Even the best novelists are rarely congratulated on the quality of their observations about contemporary life. — Michelle Dean About Copy Share Image
The children of the 1980s were the last before a lot of things changed. We were the last generation not to have… — Michelle Dean Cell phone Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a man who likes to think he has few equals. — Michelle Dean Donald trump Copy Share Image
I've come, even as a feminist, to dread the phrase 'female friendship,' because it tends to signal overdetermined relationships. — Michelle Dean Female friendship Copy Share Image
Prestige podcasts, like prestige television shows, tend to have an audience that believes itself literate, well-informed, and reasonable. Listening to podcasts, in… — Michelle Dean Audience Copy Share Image
When James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' turned out to be largely bunk, critics everywhere secretly rejoiced. They knew it, they said. — Michelle Dean Critics Copy Share Image
“The more everyone knows just what a nerdfighter is, the more the definition hardens. The most beautiful and intriguing parts of any… — Michelle Dean Young people Copy Share Image
Literary novelists who have a strong handle on plot are often characterized as good vacation reads because they manage to transport you… — Michelle Dean Facts Copy Share Image
I have deliberately arranged my life so that I see pictures of cute animals on the Internet every day. — Michelle Dean Animals Copy Share Image
It's become a cliche to say that a piece of drama is about 'the nature of truth.' But 'Rectify' so openly plays… — Michelle Dean Become Copy Share Image
Podcast listening carries with it a faint aura of cultural snobbery, a notion that to cue up an episode is to do… — Michelle Dean Aura Copy Share Image
Telling a story about someone has enormous power. People forget a headline. They remember a story. — Michelle Dean Forget Copy Share Image
Articulateness is not the only way that intelligence manifests itself. — Michelle Dean Intelligence Copy Share Image
I read almost no romantic fiction, in part because I barely believe in romance in the age of Tinder. — Michelle Dean Age Copy Share Image
Since the era of 'Sherlock Holmes,' private detectives had long been able to influence cases on their own. But the online detective,… — Michelle Dean Influence Copy Share Image
