Sweet Nothings: The ASMR Phenomenon and American Intimacy
In a piece from the LARB Imitation Issue, R. Jay Magill situates the ASMR phenomenon within a long history of American longing for intimacy.
R. Jay Magill Jr. is the author of Sincerity (W. W. Norton, 2012) and Chic Ironic Bitterness (Univ. of Michigan, 2007) and the editor of the Berlin Journal and P98a PAPER.
In a piece from the LARB Imitation Issue, R. Jay Magill situates the ASMR phenomenon within a long history of American longing for intimacy.