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  • Nonfiction Chronicle (Aug. 15, 2010)
    Reviews of books by Richard A. Clarke, William Pfaff, Martha C. Nussbaum and an edition of Theodore Roosevelt's writing.
  • Reading Up on Gutenberg as the iPad Drops (April 2, 2010)
    For the Paper Cuts blog: Will the possible eclipse of the printed book by digital communications cause an epochal social change?
  • 'Chasing the White Dog,' by Max Watman: The Bootleg Diaries (March 7, 2010)
    Modern profiles and historical sketches animate a moonshine enthusiast's study of homemade liquor.
  • E-Reading Emerson (December 21, 2009)
    For the Paper Cuts blog: I read Emerson cover to cover, so to speak, on an iPhone Kindle app.
  • Nonfiction Chronicle (July 19, 2009)
    Reviews of books by Lilian Pizzichini, Jayanti Tamm, Peter N. Nelson and Bob Coen and Eric Nadler.
  • Nonfiction Chronicle (Dec. 28, 2008)
    Reviews of books by Calvin Tomkins, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Thrity Umrigar and Robert Roper.
  • Attack of the Megalisters (Sept. 14, 2008)
    An essay for the back page of the Book Review: These days, the used-book business seems to be less about connoisseurship than about database management. It was based on a post for the Paper Cuts blog. I was interviewed about the piece for the Book Review's podcast.
  • Nonfiction Chronicle (July 6, 2008)
    Reviews of books by William Poundstone, David I. Kertzer, Bob Delaney and Eleanor Clift.
  • Nonfiction Chronicle (Sept. 16, 2007)
    Reviews of books by Susan Dunn, Shant Kenderian, Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke, Jonathan Mooney and Mike Sager.
  • Nonfiction Chronicle (April 22, 2007)
    Reviews of books by Elliot Jaspin, Stanley N. Alpert, Rajan Menon and John Sellers.
  • Nonfiction Chronicle (Dec. 24, 2006)
    Reviews of books by Maryanne Vollers, Emily Wu and Larry Engelmann, Piero Melograni, Ian Michael James and James Fallows.
  • Books in Brief: 'Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather' (Feb. 2004)
    A review of a story collection by the Chinese writer Gao Xingjian.

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    		COMPUTER MUSIC VOL. 8
    Volume 8 uses regular meters and evolving repetition.
  • Bumpkin Behemoth (Feb. 2005)
  • Gurgle Obstruction (Feb. 2005)
  • Culprit Disbursement (Feb. 2005)
  • Maladptive Toreador Confession (Jan. 2005)
  • Anthropometric Micrograph (Dec. 2004)
  • Metrical Travail (Dec. 2004)

    COMPUTER MUSIC VOL. 7
    Volume 7 uses a quasi-canon method, weaving together phrases of varying lengths.
  • Disserve Rigorism Holster (Dec. 2004)
  • Perishability Announcement (Dec. 2004)
  • Pristine Subthreshold (Dec. 2004)
  • Catfish Buoyancy (Dec. 2004)
  • Wistful Machinery (Dec. 2004)
  • Ostrogoth Supermarket (Dec. 2004)
  • Misnomer Ration (Dec. 2004)
  • Tactical Footprint Forger (Nov. 2004)
  • Vexatious Usual (Nov. 2004)
  • Clarity Bodied (Nov. 2004)

    COMPUTER MUSIC VOL. 6
    This set uses heavily layered cross rhythms and non-standard tuning systems.
  • Archly Systemless Electress (Oct. 2004)
  • Levity Subpoena (Oct. 2004)
  • Enmity Landslide (Oct. 2004)
  • Jester Journeywork (Oct. 2004)
  • Logorrhea Tollgate (Sept. 2004)
  • Saint Summersault (Sept. 2004)
  • Orthodontic Mandala (Sept. 2004
  • Protegee Isthmus (Sept. 2004)
  • Prosthetic Disquietude Sept. 2004)
  • Gallantry Immunity Sept. 2004)
  • Macrocosm Tingle (Aug. 2004)
  • Minestrone Urgency (Aug. 2004)
  • Surety Worthwhile Catalog (Aug. 2004)
  • Secular Molar (Aug. 2004)

    Computer Music Vols. 1-5