Brian Sholis
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Brian Sholis is a Chicagoan based in Toronto, a husband, father, and autodidact with a deep passion for independent culture and community, traced back to his early interests in punk rock music and online bulletin boards. He has spent two decades as a writer, editor, museum curator, and nonprofit director in contemporary art and photography. Currently, he serves as the editorial director of Frontier, a design office in Toronto, where he runs Frontier Magazine, an ideas-focused weekly newsletter and hosts its podcast. His work advocates for fairness and creative flourishing through stories from the arts, the built environment, tech, and education.
Recommendations
![How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.interesting.us%2Fproducts%2Fhow-infrastructure-works-inside-the-systems-that-shape-our-world-4e29a5a6-7c69-4182-95bd-a4ca6184319f.jpg&w=128&q=75)
This book convincingly describes power plants and telecommunications systems as “care at scale,” weaves in autobiography and first-person reportage, and theorizes an exciting energy-abundant future.
![The Long Form](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.interesting.us%2Fproducts%2Fthe-long-form-0bf4d55c-ce1a-4666-8d44-ee44c264effd.jpg&w=128&q=75)
Currently being read and enjoyed by the author of the newsletter.
![Tremor: A Novel](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.interesting.us%2Fproducts%2Ftremor-a-novel-e22bb753-b736-48f0-b361-099333f0d397.jpg&w=128&q=75)
Another book currently being read and enjoyed.
![The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.interesting.us%2Fproducts%2Fthe-book-a-cover-to-cover-exploration-of-the-most-powerful-object-of-our-time-473ec7aa-b87b-4948-9d81-5f241ac64cf5.jpg&w=128&q=75)
Eagerly awaited by the author and expected to be found on Toronto indie-bookstore shelves.
![A Word or Two Before I Go: Essays Then and Now](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.interesting.us%2Fproducts%2Fa-word-or-two-before-i-go-1329cbff-5b74-48e7-bee5-3bf8f42985be.jpg&w=128&q=75)
New collection by Arthur Krystal that is on the nightstand of the newsletter's author.
![Books & Essays — Emily Fox Gordon](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.interesting.us%2Fproducts%2Fbooks-and-essays-emily-fox-gordon-4afde425-9051-4d36-83c9-2a297e9a5351.jpg&w=128&q=75)
Praised as a model of ambitious, idea-driven autobiographical writing.
Editions
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