The Size of Thoughts

The Size of Thoughts a collection of essays that have appeared in the New Yorker and other publications includes one never-before-published piece on the world of electronics. The essays celebrate the joy--and exquisite details--of everything from library card catalogs and reading aloud to the significance of wine stains on a tablecloth.. Baker turns any subject from feeding a child to phone sex into literature with a style that is sparklingly original frequently beautiful and always thought-provoking. The Size of Thoughts through its varied forays into the realms of the overlooked the underfunded and the wrongfully scrapped is a funny book by one of the most distinctive stylists and thinkers of out time.