When you read Nelson, you might feel like a stranger who has entered a room foll of unfamiliar people, all of whom have known one another for yeari and are eager to discuss subjects you know lirtle...

When you read Nelson, you might feel like a stranger who has entered a room foll of unfamiliar people, all of whom have known one another for yeari and are eager to discuss subjects you know lirtle about. But the truth is that few of Nelson's readers will understand all her references. Why, then, does she �dd so many? A5Stuning Nelson's game is something other than parading her erndition, what purpose might her many references serve? What is Nelson rryjng to do by drawing together so many different ideas from so many different thinkers? Is she trying co dramatize how it feels to live in the infonnation age? Or would you say that she is simply thinking-learning new things and then following connections to see wherever they might lead'