On Browsing
2022 • 112 pages

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A defense of the dying art of losing an afternoon--and gaining new appreciation--amidst the bins and shelves of bricks-and-mortar shops. Written during the pandemic, when the world was marooned at home and consigned to scrolling screens, On Browsing's essays chronicle what we've lost through online shopping, streaming, and the relentless digitization of culture. The latest in the Field Notes series, On Browsing is an elegy for physical media, a polemic in defense of perusing the world in person, and a love letter to the dying practice of scanning bookshelves, combing CD bins, and losing yourself in the stacks.

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#5 in Field Notes

Field Notes is a 4-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Mark Kingwell, Rinaldo Walcott, and Jason Guriel.

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On Property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition
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On Browsing
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On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer
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On Class

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