The B Side of War: An Interview with Agustín Fernández Mallo

ínFernáFrom security utilities to productivity tools.

ínFernáIts definitely enough for blocking out noisy coworkers or a loud.ínFernáBest overall: Jabra Elite 7 ProOpens in a new windowCredit: JabraJabra Elite 7 ProShop NowWho its for:Often.

ínFernáEach earbud has volume and track control as well as auto play/pause functions.ínFernácharge for just 10 minutes to get up to 2 hours of playback.ínFernáIf the playback battery life is less than five hours.

ínFernáTwo beamforming microphones in each bud let you make calls and give voice commands with ease.ínFernáHeadphones go over or around your ears while earbuds go inside them and have a much smaller profile.

ínFernáThese earbuds feature a sports fit and come complete with three sizes of interchangeable eargels for a comfortable all-day fit.

ínFernáand the Status Between 3ANC earbuds.ínFernáThere is so much drama and action taking place constantly in the natural world—so many stories and narratives unfolding.

ínFernáWhy is there never an animal in this story except for one that dies for some dramatic reason? To show that there is a world that is bigger than the world of these characters was really important to me—to always remind the reader that this story is operating at one level of human scale.ínFernáKLEEMANI always sort of viewed these infamous celebrity breakdowns—Britney Spears shaving her head or Lindsay Lohan yelling at paparazzi or the like—as personal attempts to escape from the constant performance of identity.

ínFernáseems to be a kind of generalized anxiety and feeling of precarity that rarely translates to meaningful action—and in some cases inhibits it.ínFernáWere you thinking at all about genre while you were writing? And what do we gain when we view our world through an altered lens?KLEEMANYes.