Hardeep Sidhu
@hardeepsidhu.bsky.social
Animal, person. Associate professor of English at Worcester State University. Opinions my own. he/him. https://linktr.ee/hardeepsidhu
My review of “Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games” is up at Harvard Review Online! This was fun to read, and to write about. Please check it out! www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...
Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games
Early in the pandemic, when concert venues, movie theaters, and sports arenas shuttered, millions of people turned to video games for comfort. “We got stuck inside for years and remain kind of stuck,”...
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February 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
My review of “Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games” is up at Harvard Review Online! This was fun to read, and to write about. Please check it out! www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...
I'm enjoying these short descriptions in the NYT 100 notable books list:
November 21, 2023 at 5:26 PM
I'm enjoying these short descriptions in the NYT 100 notable books list:
First thing I've written in a little while: I had the pleasure of reviewing Teju Cole's brilliant new novel, his best yet imo, for On the Seawall. Please check it out! www.ronslate.com/on-tremor-a-...
on Tremor, a novel by Teju Cole – On the Seawall
www.ronslate.com
November 8, 2023 at 12:27 PM
First thing I've written in a little while: I had the pleasure of reviewing Teju Cole's brilliant new novel, his best yet imo, for On the Seawall. Please check it out! www.ronslate.com/on-tremor-a-...
Reading Anna Karenina for the first time. I’m 2+ hours into the audiobook and Anna hasn’t shown up yet. like the shark in jaws
October 4, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Reading Anna Karenina for the first time. I’m 2+ hours into the audiobook and Anna hasn’t shown up yet. like the shark in jaws
my 5yo trying her hand at "would you rather" with predictably terrifying results:
"would you rather be eaten by a lion or a tiger?"
"would you rather be eaten by a lion or a tiger?"
September 23, 2023 at 2:05 PM
my 5yo trying her hand at "would you rather" with predictably terrifying results:
"would you rather be eaten by a lion or a tiger?"
"would you rather be eaten by a lion or a tiger?"
My 5yo’s latest ploy is using her manners to reject directions
“Please wash your hands”
“…no thanks”
“Please wash your hands”
“…no thanks”
September 22, 2023 at 11:47 AM
My 5yo’s latest ploy is using her manners to reject directions
“Please wash your hands”
“…no thanks”
“Please wash your hands”
“…no thanks”
This is good but also I kind of feel bad for the poor chatbot that was forced to read all of franzen’s “Freedom”
Franzen, Grisham and Other Prominent Authors Sue OpenAI
The suit, filed with the Authors Guild, accuses the A.I. company of infringing on authors’ copyrights, claiming it used their books to train its ChatGPT chatbot.
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2023 at 10:19 AM
This is good but also I kind of feel bad for the poor chatbot that was forced to read all of franzen’s “Freedom”
This conversation between tressie McMillan cottom and ALA president Emily drabinski is great
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/p...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/p...
Transcript: Tressie McMillan Cottom Interviews Emily Drabinski
The Sep. 12, 2023, episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2023 at 11:58 AM
This conversation between tressie McMillan cottom and ALA president Emily drabinski is great
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/p...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/p...
Book two of “my favorite thing is monsters”!!!
Our Winter 2024 catalog is packed with amazing new books from Emil Ferris, Mark Doox, Igort, Manuele Fior, Atsushi Kaneko and Osamu Tezuka, Rick Altergott and more—head to ow.ly/z6QW50PMWPP to take a closer look!
September 18, 2023 at 7:10 PM
Book two of “my favorite thing is monsters”!!!
how many hours (days?) of my childhood were claimed by this game that can apparently be beaten in under 5 minutes
A new speedrunning record for Super Mario Bros has been set that's faster than what was believed to be the theoretical limit and is inching closer to the fastest possible machine-assisted time. (And his heart rate was 188bpm!) [kottke.org]
September 13, 2023 at 8:25 PM
how many hours (days?) of my childhood were claimed by this game that can apparently be beaten in under 5 minutes
The lepore essay on the new musk biography is so good
How Elon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain
Walter Isaacson’s new biography depicts a man who wields more power than almost any other person on the planet but seems estranged from humanity itself.
www.newyorker.com
September 13, 2023 at 11:43 AM
The lepore essay on the new musk biography is so good