The Denial File

What We Can't Think About—and Why

Cell Phone Denial
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Cell Phone Denial

Bill Bornschein | July 21, 2011

First, a bit of disclosure. Influenced by Neil Postman, I tend to be a late adopter when it comes to technology. Getting the lay of …

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A Clean Slate?
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A Clean Slate?

Bruce Floyd | July 19, 2011

“. . . a person’s past inescapably clings to him and . . . becomes his fate as soon as he tries to get rid …

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The Shadow Line
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The Shadow Line

Bruce Floyd | July 11, 2011

In the Author’s Note to his short novel “The Shadow Line,” Joseph Conrad responds to critics who find traces of the supernatural in the work. …

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