The Journal Issue

A dive into my journals and their uses!

Dear Abu Ali ibn al-Banna,

As the first diaries (according to modern conventions), you have set the precedent for perhaps the greatest and most pervasive form of self-chronicling ever. Well, I may be too hasty to make such an assertion: it’s unlikely that you, yourself, invented diaries. However, you are the earliest example of a diarist that we have on …