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The Solitary Vice: Against Reading, PopMatters / Counterpoint, Feb 2008. “The Solitary Vice,” for anyone who's unfamiliar with the phrase, is the best-known Victorian euphemism for masturbation, a habit which, at the time, was widely believed to cause not only physical damage and moral decline in this life, but eternal damnation in the next. This book is about a different solitary vice – the act of reading. "Mikita Brottman is one of us: another victim of the unhealthiest and most solipsistic of media pleasures. In this compelling condemnation of literature, she nonetheless offers us one more reason to pick up a good book--her own." Douglas Rushkoff "The Solitary Vice will make you rethink your own relation to reading. Brottman is wonderful at reminding us what a very complicated act -- of fantasy, recompense, adventurism, and (sometimes) perversity -- reading a book can be." Laura Kipnis Order from Amazon.com. Reviews, Interviews, Extracts: -- Harvey Freedenberg, Shelf Awareness, Feb 2008. -- Rhian Ellis, Ward Six, March 7, 2008. -- Geeta Sharma-Jensen, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, March 22, 2008. -- The Complete Review, March 2008. -- Suzanne Kleid, KQED Arts & Culture, March 25, 2008. -- Bethanne Patrick, The Book Maven, March 27, 2008. -- Dan Visel, Institute for the Future of the Book, March 27, 2008. -- Kevin Arthur, Question Technology, March 30, 2008 -- Pick of the Week! Publisher's Weekly, March 31, 2008. -- Caitlin MacRae, Nerve.com, April 3, 2008. -- PopMatters Podcast! April 7, 2008. -- Charley Taylor, Boston Phoenix, April 15, 2008. -- Jason Shamai, San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 21, 2008. -- David L. Ulin, L.A. Times, May 4, 2008. -- Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today, May 8, 2008. 
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