New Granta Editor John Freeman on “The Tyranny of E-mail”

Is email dangerous? Just days after being elevated to editor of the print literary journal Granta, one author explained how digital communication has altered the writing landscape.

Today’s guest on the Morning Media Menu was the newly-appointed editor of Granta, John Freeman. Freeman talked about his new book, “The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox”–a look at how email may have some unexpected side-effects on our reading, writing, and thinking. In addition, he talked about why Granta has managed a record-breaking print run in this difficult economy.

Here’s more from the interview: “There is a sacredness of text which is lost. It’s tiring on your eyes. You spend more time connected to machines than ever before. The average office worker spends more time with their computer than with their spouse. When you think about that, you realize, ‘Wow, this is like a marriage, and this is not working.’

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