The business and culture journalist and bestselling author of the recent book The Revenge of Analog, David Sax, returned to the show to talk about the writing life, the importance of real things in a digital world, and the revenge of paper.
David is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, The New Yorker online, and other publications.
The author’s first book, Save the Deli, was an Los Angeles Times bestseller and won the James Beard Award for Writing and Literature.
His latest, The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter, “… looks at the resurgence of analog goods and ideas, during a time when we assumed digital would conquer all.” It was longlisted for the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence.
Kevin Kelly, founding editor of Wired magazine and author of The Inevitable, said of the book, “The better digital gets, the more important analog becomes….Sax s reporting is eye-opening and mind-changing.”
NOTE: This is the last episode of the year for us, due to the impending holiday break, but we will return with more great interviews for you in 2017. Thanks for listening!
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In Part Two of this file David Sax and I discuss:
Why you should work regular hours and the author’s ‘Cinderella Clause’
The significance of unplugging for writers
How to record your audiobook in the same studio as Drake
Why the reward is the work for sustaining your writing
The Show Notes
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How Journalist and Bestselling Author of ‘The Revenge of Analog’ David Sax Writes: Part One
The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter
David Sax books on Amazon
What Barnes & Noble Doesn t Get About Bookstores – David Sax for The New Yorker
Is the Novel Dead? Part One
David Sax on Twitter
Kelton Reid on Twitter
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