"A Certain Freedom" is a book of five short stories. Nominally, they're about chess, autonomy, social networks, acting, and death. More generally, they all touch in some way on freedom and independence.
Tommy Collison is a writer interested in privacy and the future of journalism in a post-Snowden world. He’s the opinion editor of The Washington Square News, NYU’s student newspaper. His columns focus on technology, privacy and student life. When not writing, he teaches journalists, activists, and others how to use privacy software. At NYU, he studies journalism and Middle East & Islamic studies.