Joshua Glenn is a Boston-based writer, publisher, and cultural semiologist-for-hire.
He is coauthor and/or co-editor of TAKING THINGS SERIOUSLY, THE IDLER'S GLOSSARY, THE WAGE SLAVE'S GLOSSARY, and — in 2012 — the object-oriented story collection SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS, and the kids' field guide to life UNBORED. He is editor of HILOBROW and publisher of the science fiction imprint HILOBOOKS; and he is co-founder of SEMIONAUT and the SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS experiment.
In the '00s, Glenn was an editor, columnist, and blogger (BRAINIAC) for the Boston Globe's IDEAS section, and he was new media producer for the paper's LIVING/ARTS section. In the '90s, he published the seminal high-lowbrow zine/journal HERMENAUT; was an editor at UTNE READER; and was co-producer of the pioneering DIY how-to website and social network TRIPOD.
Glenn produced and co-designed the iPhone app KER-PUNCH. He manages a secretive online community known as THE HERMENAUTIC CIRCLE. He does business as KING MIXER, LLC.
HiLoBooks is reissuing forgotten classics from science fiction's Radium Age (1904–33) era. A gorgeous paperback series — collect ’em all while you can!
RECENT BOOKS by
HILOBROW'S JOSHUA GLENN
SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS
"Finding magic in unexpected things."
— NPR's All Things Considered 100 stories, by 100 authors, about 100 objects!
Edited by Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker (Fantagraphics)
* UNBORED
"The quintessential guide for today’s tech-savvy and socially engaged kids." — Minneapolis Star Tribune 352 pages of serious fun for kids aged 8-13!
By Joshua Glenn and Elizabeth Foy Larsen (Bloomsbury)
BRAINTEASER APP for iPhone and iPad
App designed by Joshua Glenn and Rick Pinchera
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