NPR finally realizes all those internet-mad "listicles" are brain-deadening, and tries for something that requires actual intellectual effort: a thematic "best books concierge."
Unfortunately their staff's prose is still rampant with Choire Sichaform encephalopathy and will have to be put down: "And we started to think about a site that would be more Venn diagram-y than list-y...." TALK LIKE AN ADULT, PLEASE.
"....a site that could help you seek out the best biographies that were also
love stories, or the best mysteries that were also set in the past." Hey, I remember something that worked like this! It was called a CARD CATALOGUE. The lost art of cross-referencing! What other mysterious yet intriguing intellectual tools await us in the dark lands far from the comforting neon ADD glare cast by Buzzfeed and Flavorwire? Safe return doubtful indeed.
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