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We don\u2019t have metrics to measure what happens when we read something that changes our life. So this episode is an attempt to deal with that. \xa0We begin with writer Rob Walker who tells us about his \u201cNew Old Thing,\u201d \xa0a regular feature he produces for Yahoo Tech. Rob is one of the most thoughtful writers I know and if anyone can wean us from our addiction to the now it will be him. I also get to talk to one of my heros this week: Edwin Frank who is the editor in chief of the NYRB classics imprint. About 10 years ago I read a collection of Platonov stories, a book that definitely changed my life, and I became a life-long devotee of the series. I have always wanted to ask Edwin about his editorial sensibilities and what exactly binds all the books with the well designed multi-coloured spines together. Phyllis Rose is the author of The Shelf. \xa0She \u201crandomly\u201d chose a shelf at the library near her house and read every book on it \u2013 then she wrote about the experience. It is a deep funny philosophical treatise on the act of reading itself. I will be gifting this book to my friends for years.