Virginia Heffernan
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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MAGIC AND LOSS: THE INTERNET AS ART, Simon & Schuster
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The saddest family stories ever told are by Trump’s relatives
The saddest family stories ever told are by Trump’s relatives
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I reviewed two of the saddest stories ever told — the memoirs of Mary and Fred Trump, about the sadism of their uncle.
I reviewed two of the saddest stories ever told — the memoirs of Mary and Fred Trump, about the sadism of their uncle.
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Trump speaks a language no one speaks, and believes it’s the only language on earth.
Trump speaks a language no one speaks, and believes it’s the only language on earth.
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Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art
Simon & Schuster
“Heffernan is a new species of wizard, able to perform literary magic upon supersonic technology. Her superpower is to remove the technology from technology, leaving the essential art. You might get an epiphany, like I did, of what a masterpiece this internet thing is. Heffernan has the cure for the small thinking that everyday hardware often produces. She generates marvelous insights at the speed of light, warmed up by her well-worn classical soul. It's a joy and revelation to be under her…
“Heffernan is a new species of wizard, able to perform literary magic upon supersonic technology. Her superpower is to remove the technology from technology, leaving the essential art. You might get an epiphany, like I did, of what a masterpiece this internet thing is. Heffernan has the cure for the small thinking that everyday hardware often produces. She generates marvelous insights at the speed of light, warmed up by her well-worn classical soul. It's a joy and revelation to be under her spell.”—Kevin Kelly, author of What Technology Wants and co-founder of Wired
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The Underminer
Bloomsbury
Comic novel, written with Mike Albo, about a creepy successful frenemy who is fake nice and wrecks your life.
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French, some German
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Great article by Steven Levy at Wired who knew Susan well. Thank you Steven
Great article by Steven Levy at Wired who knew Susan well. Thank you Steven
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Relatable, aspirational, weird: Family dynamics in the presidential campaign
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Blitzscaling J.D. Vance, starring the creepiest edgelord: Peter Thiel
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I haven’t thought so little about Donald Tr-mp since 2015. Thank you, Harris-Walz! And to celebrate: 50% my anti-doomer newsletter, which will help…
I haven’t thought so little about Donald Tr-mp since 2015. Thank you, Harris-Walz! And to celebrate: 50% my anti-doomer newsletter, which will help…
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Dropping the American caricatures, and instead cultivating wonder at our sublime and shared landscape, as Tim Walz does, will change everything.
Dropping the American caricatures, and instead cultivating wonder at our sublime and shared landscape, as Tim Walz does, will change everything.
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What if we’ll just never know why Trump crashed our country? https://lnkd.in/eUJYcZYm
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What not to do when things get catastrophic
What not to do when things get catastrophic
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Time to make hope and history rhyme again (the ticket is called Biden-Harris & let’s get back to work) https://lnkd.in/eYdwWaZV
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