John Warner is a writer\, speaker\, researcher\, and consultant. The former editor of McSweeney&rsquo\;s Internet Tendency\, he is the author of the books Wh y They Can&rsquo\;t Write and The Writer&rsquo\;s Practice. As &ldquo\;the Biblioracle\,&rdquo\; Warner is a weekly columnist at the C hicago Tribune and writes the newsletter &ldquo\;The Biblioracle Recom mends.&rdquo\; He is affiliate faculty at the College of Charleston and li ves in Folly Beach\, South Carolina.
\nLiz Pelly is a journalist livi ng in New York. Her essays and reporting have appeared in the Baffler\, where she is a contributing editor\, as well as in the Guardian\, Rolling Stone\, Pitchfork\, and many other outlets. She frequen tly speaks about music streaming on radio shows and podcasts\, including a ppearances with the New York Times Popcast\, NPR&rsquo\;s Mornin g Edition\, and others. Pelly teaches in the recorded music program at New York University and has spent over a decade involved in all-ages show booking.
\nMore Than Words argues that generative AI programs like ChatGPT not only can kill the student es say but should\, since these assignments don&rsquo\;t challenge students t o do the real work of writing. To Warner\, writing is thinking&mdash\;disc overing your ideas while trying to capture them on a page&mdash\;and feeli ng&mdash\;grappling with what it fundamentally means to be human. More Than Words calls for us to use AI as an opportunity to reckon with how we work with words and how all of us should rethink our relationship with writing.
\nMood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of th e Perfect Playlist takes an unsparing look at Spotify&rsquo\;s origins and influence on music\, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cu ltural criticism\, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for liste ners and artists alike. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with indust ry insiders\, former Spotify employees\, and musicians\, it takes us to th e inner workings of today&rsquo\;s highly consolidated record business\, s howing what has changed as music has become increasingly playlisted\, pers onalized\, and autoplayed.
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