Lora Kelley

Lora Kelley is a freelance writer in Brooklyn covering tech, economics and books.

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Can the Dictionary Keep Up? Can the Dictionary Keep Up?

In Stefan Fatsis’s capacious, and at times score-settling, personal history of the reference book, he reveals what the dictionary can still tell us about language in modern life

Mar 4, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Lora Kelley

What Was the Wiretap?

What Was the Wiretap? What Was the Wiretap?

How the long and strange history of wiretapping continues to shape how Americans conceive of surveillance and privacy.

May 26, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lora Kelley

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