2009
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
The Irish Times reports on Seamus Heaney’s Irish Human Rights Commission lecture, in which he argues that the work of writers has been crucial in keeping alive the spirit of freedom. I’m looking forward to seeing a transcript of this…
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The History of a Font
This is the story of Johnston Sans, a character-set created for the London Underground in 1915, and the challenges involved in updating an iconic typeface. I wouldn’t blame you for thinking that the subject might be a little dry, but…
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Science Saturday
Blimps might be making a comeback. Meteor shower late Sunday night, well, late by east coast standards. Well, late by people-with-9-to-5-jobs standards. Even though it’s supposed to be the most intense shower of the year, if you’re in a city,…
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If You Say So
Man in a Chicken suit plays “What is Love” on Pianica from Ring Mod on Vimeo. Any one of these events, singly, would not be cause enough to link. It’s only the combination that makes this worthwhile, even awesome.
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Eros in Athens
This sounds like one hell of a show–the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens (not the one in Georgia) has put together a collection of erotic art dating from the sixth century BC to the 4th century AD, including masterpieces…
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Saturday Morning Links
Is it Saturday already? Time flies when grades are due. The Mexican answers some important questions about faith and cartoons. Yes yes yes. Take what Overthinking It says about filmmaking and apply it to writers as well. Everyone needs an…
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Live As if Everything Were a Miracle
“Someone said there are only two ways to live your life: one is as if nothing is a miracle, the other is as if everything is. I’ve always been convinced Havana is an annexed colony of the latter… “I was…
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December 14th: The Monthly Rumpus in San Francisco
Please join us on December 14th at The Makeout Room (3225 22nd St.) for a night of literature, music, and comedy. Featuring Andrew Leland from The Believer Magazine, James Nestor, author of Get High Now, Michelle Gagnon, author of The…
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A Eulogy for Editor & Publisher
“It’s a sad day, but in a strange way the death of Editor & Publisher gives me hope for the future of journalism. Because they showed us a blueprint, that size or technology is overrated, that a half-dozen people can…
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M4W-The Power Glove
I am going to guess that there is no file on this usage in Nintendo’s Product Safety Department. You gotta respect it: dude knows what he wants — and just asks for it:
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Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #9: How We See the Aged
(Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995) How We See the Aged A woman pulls at the pilled pleat of her seersucker skirt with one hand,