PinnedLaura Nelson·Jun 7, 2019Curriculum VitaeI am now writing on Medium, so I think something on the order of an introduction is called for.A response icon4A response icon4
Laura Nelson·Jun 11, 2024The Dilettante and the PolymathReview of Robert Boyers, Maestros and Monsters: Days and Nights with Susan Sontag and George Steiner (Mandel Vilar Press/Dryad Press, 2023)
Laura Nelson·May 18, 2024AI as Mind-ReadingA few days ago, a fleeting memory crossed my mind: an old Warner Brothers Bugs Bunny cartoon, where our long-eared and cotton-tailed hero…
Laura Nelson·Jul 11, 2023Spirit of the Garage, or Lost in the Gizz-verseI have the distinct privilege of having played my trusty Hagstrom II guitar (quite badly) in several Long Island-based garage bands back in…
Laura Nelson·Jun 28, 2023On the Ethics of TravelI have always been ambivalent about travel at best and terrified of it at worst. Part of this is due to my reflexive worrying and…
Laura Nelson·May 25, 2023Knives and Gunfights and Dark BrandonDebt ceiling crises are as periodic and predictable as El Niño. When the political atmosphere is plagued by the instability of a Republican…
Laura Nelson·Jan 17, 2022The Sinema Show (So Much for Federalism, Part 5)Please forgive this horrible pun. I couldn’t help myself.A response icon1A response icon1
