Chapter 2
Shannon Lewis, We Were Here
Kate Beaton, Treasure
Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
Saira Shah, Longing to Belong
Tom Ruprecht, In Too Deep
Jenée Desmond-Harris, Tupac and My Non-Thug Life
Chapter 3
Brianne O’Leary, Fatty’s Custom Tattooz and Body Piercing
Sarah Kate Kramer, Niche Market: Fountain Pen Hospital
The New Yorker, Soup
John T. Edge, I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing
Gabriel Thompson, A Gringo in the Lettuce Fields
Peggy Orenstein, The Daily Grind: Lessons in the Hidden Curriculum
Chapter 4
Wendy Lee, Peeling Bananas
Francine Wheeler, Sandy Hook Victim's Mother Delivers President Obama's Weely Address, April 13, 2013
Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space
Dana Jennings, Our Scars Tell the Stories of Our Lives
Dan Zevin, Father Shops Best
Rob Walker, Replacement Therapy
Chapter 5
Justin Ton, Hip-Hop You Don't Stop
Linda Stone, Continuous Partial Attention
Susan Cain, Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic?
Deborah Tannen, Marked Women
Beth L. Bailey, Dating
Dan Hurley, Can You Make Yourself Smarter?
Chapter 6
Brittany Lemus, Requiem for a Dream: Fantasy versus Reality
Marlon Bishop, Gig Alert: Bright Eyes
Amitai Etzioni, Working at McDonald's
Malcolm Gladwell, What College Rankings Really Tell Us
Christine Rosen, The Myth of Multitasking
Chapter 7
Tan-Li Hsu, High on Caffeine: Regluating High Energy Drinks
Ad Council/Dept. of Transportation, The "Its Only Another Beer" Black and Tan
Brian Greene, Put a Little Science in Your Life
Karen Stabiner, Boys Here, Girls There: Sure, If Equality’s the Goal
Sherry Turkle, The Flight from Conversation
Daniel Solove, Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have Nothing to Hide
Chapter 8
Michele Cox, The Truth about Lying
WNYC/On the Media, The Reel Sounds of Violence
Stephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies
Claudia Wallis, The Multitasking Generation
Shankar Vedantam, The Telescope Effect
Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Chapter 9
Molly Coleman, Missing the Fun
Phoebe Sweet and Zach Wise/Las Vegas Sun, The Problem with Lawns: Transforming Landscape of Las Vegas
David Bornstein, Fighting Bullying with Babies
William F. Shughart II, Why Not a Football Degree?
Kelly D. Brownell and Thomas R. Frieden, Ounces of Prevention—the Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages
Karen Kornbluh, Win-Win Flexibility
Kate Beaton, Treasure
Sara Kate Cramer, Niche Market: The Fountain Pen Hospital
Francine Wheeler, Sandy Hook Victim's Mother Delivers President Obama's Weekly Address, April 13, 2013
Linda Stone, Continuous Partial Attention
Marlon Bishop, Gig Alert: Bright Eyes
The “It’s Only Another Beer” Black and Tan
WNYC/On the Media, The Reel Sounds of Violence
Phoebe Sweet and Zach Wise/Las Vegas Sun, The Problem with Lawns: Transforming Landscape of Las Vegas