Showing posts with label Maggie Nelson. Show all posts
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Saturday, 6 September 2025

The annotated life: Why marginalia is back in style

An open book with handwritten notes, underlines, and sticky tabs lining the margins
Marginalia, you either love it or hate it. Once considered the mark of a disrespectful reader, someone scribbling on the pristine pages of novels, marginalia has returned with an unexpected flourish.

Instagram is full of annotated pages, complete with underlines, post-its, and impassioned scribbles. On TikTok, readers film themselves reacting in real time, pen in hand. Even published authors are weighing in, sharing how marginal notes shaped their early reading lives.