Saturday Morning Links

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Some mornings I wish I had an automatic coffee dispenser right next to my desk. Most mornings, actually.

Over at Slate, Ron Rosenbaum takes apart Anonymous, the new Shakespeare conspiracy theory movie, beautifully.

How big a role does expectation play in your ability to tell the difference between good wine and bad?

Big snake.

E. E. Cummings on honoring and loving artists instead of fearing them.

People like this make me wish I believed in a burnign hell. It’s a failing, I know.

Brian Spears's first collection of poetry, A Witness in Exile, is now available through Louisiana Literature Press, and at his personal website. He is the Poetry Editor for The Rumpus, and teaches poetry at Drake University. More from this author →