Nathan Knapp’s Daybook is the best piece of new writing I’ve read in a long while. I read the first few pages into a microphone, then wrote a review. But that wasn’t enough. So, after he wrote me a nice note about my review, I invited him to record a talk. So that’s what we did.

It’s difficult to isolate why one thing grabs you and another doesn’t. I’ve put down a book after a sentence and left a movie fifteen minutes in more times than I can recall. But sometimes a phrase or a scene will be enough to let me know that I’m in and I won’t be getting out till the thing is over. Then I’ll regret it wasn’t longer. Best case scenario a piece of art should feel like you don’t want to be anywhere else.

There’s something good happening with my public domain project that I can’t talk about because it’s not in a legal document yet but if things break the right way I’ll be plundering the classics bin for years to come.

It’s strange how a desperate act borne of frustration can become a bridge to some kind of stability and offer a little hope.