Ebook: The other serious: essays for the new American generation

Introduction: A Heavy Life or a Light One -- The Glare of the Enlightenment -- The Great American Irony Binge -- The Patina of Things -- On Distraction -- The Emotive Spectacle -- Intergenerational Conversation -- Toward A Sterile Future -- Southern Niceness -- On Awkwardness -- Treat Your Country Like Your Child, Not Your Parent -- The Metaphor of Masking Tape -- You Have No Power Over Me -- The Bad Serious -- The Other Serious -- Postscript: The Lightness of the Ladybug.