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In a special visual edition of the Generation Gap column, renowned Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak and I team up to bring you a tale on the very edge of natural history, a story about haunted 18th-century illustrator of bug and bird, Eleazar Albin.
Morrow’s supple prose is grounded in lyricism, prose unafraid to give the reader both the forest and the trees.
Bradford Morrow’s new novel, a feminist interpretation of fairy-tale tropes, explores the life of Cassandra: single-mother, teacher, dowser.
The Avian Gospels is a strange, compelling parable about an authoritarian city-state, an underground resistance, and a plague of mysterious birds.
Wired looks at the fine art of pulpy vhs box art.
A handy Christmas facts info-graphic for you.
Scienceray wants to talk to you about the Trogon family of birds. I link to this begrudgingly because birds are terrifying.
...moreA recent death gives the NY Times reason to consider the origin of the Hokey Pokey.
Cities before and after catastrophe. (via Gerrycanvan.)
Friendly bird feeders are changing evolution.
A look at all the buildings Dubai could have seen.
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Laleh Khadivi’s novel traces the history of Iran through the brutal journey of a young Kurd