Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better ★★★★☆
Epstein makes a strong case for operating within constraints, although he repeats his points more often than needed.
I liked
And Then There Were None ★★★★★
The bar for Christie is high, and this clears it.
It's relentless. Once the island closes in, the
Writing a More Perfect Sentence
I taught an AI to reverse-engineer what makes a sentence great, then used the diagnosis to fix my own writing: more analogy, fewer rhetorical questions, one thing I already do well.