kenneth goldsmith

The Best Books of 2020: Non-Fiction

The Best Books of 2020: Non-Fiction

In the stormy year of 2020 PopMatters' staff have clung to anything seemingly solid with one hand while holding a good book in the other. Through it all, we are curious, engaged, and eager to share what we've read with you.

UbuWeb’s Kenneth Goldsmith Writes the Book on Internet Archiving

UbuWeb’s Kenneth Goldsmith Writes the Book on Internet Archiving

Kenneth Goldsmith's Duchamp Is My Lawyer, a tale of the creation and upkeep of the anti-internet internet, UbuWeb, is highly engaging and avoids the risk of ploughing down theoretical wormholes of limited interest.

Are You ‘Wasting Time on the Internet’? Is That Such a Bad Thing? (Excerpt)

Are You ‘Wasting Time on the Internet’? Is That Such a Bad Thing? (Excerpt)

"I'm reading these days -- ironically, on the web -- that we don't read anymore," writes Kenneth Goldsmith in this excerpt of Wasting Time on the Internet, courtesy of HarperCollins.

‘Over Ten Tons of Internet’: An Interview with Kenneth Goldsmith, the Poet Who Tried to Print the Entire Internet

‘Over Ten Tons of Internet’: An Interview with Kenneth Goldsmith, the Poet Who Tried to Print the Entire Internet

The average professor spends the summer revising syllabi and maybe teaching a class or two. Kenneth Goldsmith spent his printing out the Internet.