“In Stedman’s latest work, the author turns his thoughtful yet thorough gaze upon the Internet as a means of constructing purpose and identity. A hybrid of memoir, criticism, and reportage. . .all held together by Stedman’s moments of bracing honesty. . .Vital.”
Month: December 2020
Anthony Oliveira, writer and culture critic
“Chris Stedman’s IRL is an audaciously honest and startlingly prescient meditation on the way our digital connectivity has altered, deformed, and enhanced the experience of the human. A necessary and nourishing book.”
Vocation Matters
“Honest and careful. . .[Stedman] offers compelling new ways to think about our own engagement in the digital world, constantly pushing us to consider what is real. . .Provocative, unlikely, and fascinating.”