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A working library is a blog about work, reading & technology by Mandy Brown

On the difference between conservatives and liberals

On Ideology

Definitions

On Ideology

On postmodernism, politics, plastic surgery, and the serendipity of a good metaphor

On Ideology

In defense of truth

On Minima Moralia

On process

On Minima Moralia

On being right

On Minima Moralia

Excellent writing advice from Adorno

On Minima Moralia

On violence

On Minima Moralia & Fateless

On books as objects

On Minima Moralia

On living through difficult times

On Minima Moralia

On following paths

On Minima Moralia & Unjustified Texts

Kinross on the typographer’s bible

On Modern Typography & The Elements of Typographic Style

Criticism for the new grotesques

On Modern Typography & How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul

On the “science” of typography

On Modern Typography & Slow Learner

Tschichold arguing against Swiss design

On Modern Typography

On modern typography in America

On Modern Typography

On the typography of democracy

On Modern Typography

On the question of what is literature

On Literary Theory & Modern Typography

On “masculine printing” versus “feminine printing”

On Modern Typography

Coming back around again to criticism and ideology

On Unjustified Texts

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