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Espresso Shots: Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, by Paulina Borsook

October 4, 2026 driftlessareareview

Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, by Paulina Borsook. Borsook, a former tech writer for Wired, offers a tongue-in-cheek tour through the world of high tech during the infancy of the Internet and high-tech nerdery back when it was a fringe subculture. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, by Paulina Borsook

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Espresso Shots: Lungfish, by Louis Armand

September 13, 2026 driftlessareareview

Lungfish is a weird and wonderful novel, like its fishy namesake, a bizarre hybrid thing, swimming in water and breathing air. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Lungfish, by Louis Armand

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Commonplace Book: Truth Bombs from Aimé Césaire

July 4, 2026June 28, 2026 driftlessareareview

“A civilization that proves incapable of solving the problems it creates is a decadent civilization.” Continue reading Commonplace Book: Truth Bombs from Aimé Césaire

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Espresso Shots: The Laboratory Assistant, by Natalia Loya

May 25, 2026 driftlessareareview

The Lab Assistant by Natalia Loya is a riveting page-turner. Continue reading Espresso Shots: The Laboratory Assistant, by Natalia Loya

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Commonplace Book: Dune’s Warning About Thinking Machines

May 24, 2026 driftlessareareview

“It burned a hatred and fear of thinking machines so deeply into the human psyche that one wonders if that would has yet completely healed.” Continue reading Commonplace Book: Dune’s Warning About Thinking Machines

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Espresso Shots: Clutch: a novel, by Emily Nemens

February 22, 2026 driftlessareareview

Spanning decades and crossing the continent, Clutch, by Emily Nemens is a sprawling group portrait of five professional women and their everyday challenges and triumphs. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Clutch: a novel, by Emily Nemens

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Commonplace Book: Fernando Pessoa’s sick burns

October 27, 2025October 26, 2025 driftlessareareview

Sick burns, y’all! Continue reading Commonplace Book: Fernando Pessoa’s sick burns

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Translation Tuesdays: The Nights are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar

July 29, 2025July 30, 2025 driftlessareareview

The Nights are Quiet in Tehran, by Shida Bazyar, begins with the love story of Behsad and Nahid. Over the course of thirty years, the novel follows the lives of the couple and their children. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: The Nights are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar

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Espresso Shots: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, by Katie Goh

June 22, 2025 driftlessareareview

Koh has written an engaging personal history of a mundane supermarket staple. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, by Katie Goh

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Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 3: LGBT / POC / Disability / First Books — Part 3a

April 30, 2025April 27, 2025 driftlessareareview

Colgate, through the use of accessibility symbology, turns what would be a standard collection of poems into a simulacra of a museum visit. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 3: LGBT / POC / Disability / First Books — Part 3a

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