Nathan Hill's "The Nix" or WTF is a "Great American Novel"?
Every day on my lunch break I make some time to read. Whether it’s in the park near my office, or in the corner of my L-shaped break room...
BACKWORDS blog explores the intersection between presence and history. The blog is a platform that honors the moment of encounter that any one person experiences—with art, literature, music, performance, or place. Often, reflections fit multiple categories—the opposite of a news program or style blog, BACKWORDS is not preoccupied with immediacy. An event does not need to be current to be relevant, nor does a memory need to be close to its origins to hold its potency.