Anna Jane Grossman - Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By, from Mix Tapes and Modesty to Typewriters and Truly Blind Dates

Id like to thank a few of the people in my life who didnt say: Oh, your book is called Obsolete? Does that mean youre writing about me? James Horowitz, Melissa Antonelli, Shazia Ahmad, Melanie Friedson, Jessica Kramer, and my parents, Vicki Morgan and Robert Grossman, were kind enough to read drafts and help me brainstorm many, many of the ideas that lie herein. Im also grateful to Sandy Fernndez and Tom Shroder of the Washington Post Magazine for assigning me the article that led to this book. Itd be nearly impossible to acknowledge everyone who gave me feedback and suggested definitions that made their way into these pages, but among the people who really devoted needless amounts of energy to helping me are Ralph Erenzo, Ruth Graham, Jessica Vitkus, Ed Herro, Max Frey, Daisy Carrington, Ronda Kaysen, Jonathan Bender, Emma Rathbone, Susannah Lescher, Carole Borstein, Yaniv Soha, Ian Blecher, Bobbie Rothman, Julie Hoffman, and Emma Fensterheim. Finally, Id like to thank the two DavidsHalpern, my agent, and Cashion, my editorfor giving me the opportunity to do this, and making the whole process a lot of fun.

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