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Writing I’ve liked, 2011

Not everything was published this year; I just happened to read it.

education and the humanities:

How Billionaires Rule Our Schools

Inside the multimillion-dollar essay-scoring business

Harvard and Class

Why Bother?

Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling

sports:

The Pain Principle

Federer as Religious Experience

sex and gender:

My First Time, Twice

Transitions

typography:

I’m Comic Sans, Asshole.

The origins of abc

solitude, reflection:

The power of lonely

In Defense of the Slow and the Boring

Sad as Hell

disaster:

What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447

The School

the sad, beautiful fact that we’re all going to miss almost everything:

The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going To Miss Almost Everything

tips for procrastination:

The Hemingway Trick: Stop in the middle.

Robert Krulwich’s commencement speech

interesting people:

The Misfit

The Shadow Scholar

confessions:

My name is Roger Ebert, and I’m an alcoholic

My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant

disappeared?:

Sex surrogate

(boyghost) My goal with photography is to find peace.