Against the Clock
A brisk, argumentative history of how humans invented time — and how time returned the favor by inventing us.
Rosa Imperiale · August 18, 2026
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Rosa Imperiale
Rosa Imperiale writes narrative nonfiction that takes an ordinary thing — a clock, a map, a measurement — and reveals the strange history hidden inside it. A former archivist, she is known for turning dusty records into propulsive argument.
- Nationality
- Italian-American
- Born
- 1982
- Known for
- Narrative histories of everyday ideas
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The Machine That Runs on Us
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By Julian Reyes · August 18, 2026