Some years back, the cultural critic Stephen Metcalf noted, in a smart review of a new essay collection by David Sedaris, that we turn to radio for companionship. Companionship might appear to be ...

Matthew P. Brown
Matthew P. Brown is an associate professor in the Center for the Book and the English Department at the University of Iowa. He is the author of The Pilgrim and the Bee: Reading Rituals and Book Culture in Early New England (2007). He edits the series Impressions for the University of Iowa Press.