There was a time when nobody knew how to write lit­er­ary prose. The geniuses who invented it shared their spe­cial tool with a few friends, and they rel­ished in their pri­vate, elite com­mu­ni­ca­tions. Eventually monks, politi­cians, and aca­d­e­mics joined the club. Now, we judge a society’s… Continue read­ing →