2011
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Listers Listed
Two poets respond to the Morgan Library’s Lists exhibit. Through their exploration of the myriad mediums and styles of listing, they establish, describe, and illustrate four categories of “listers:” crosser-offers, checkers, the iconoclasts and the visual organizers.
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Read to Me
A new opportunity is available for adults seeking to mix up their nightly routine. As part of her current project “Here is Where We Meet,” artist, writer and educator, Madhu Kaza, will venture to individual’s homes to read to them…
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Emergency Thinking
“One of the things that has seduced people into giving up on their own actions is the claim of emergency—the government will often make the spurious claim that because certain things require very fast action, there is no time for…
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Joel Aurora: The Last Book I Loved, Desperate Characters
I work at a bookstore in Berkeley, California; so, as one can imagine, I get and give book recommendations often. Many of these recommendations I am compelled to ignore, because between that job and my other one, the writing I…
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Phone Hacking and Its Here, There and Everywhere Influences
News International’s phone hacking scandal has regenerated all over the web as the scandal continues to unfold, tracing back the hacking and subsequent bribery that’s been happening for years–more and more articles appear detailing the latest happenings in Parliament. With…
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Funny Humiliation Hype
Hilarious book trailers are becoming more and more common, which is a trend I totally welcome. Wayne Koestenbaum who has attained the ultimate trifecta of poet, academic and novelist, has got a new book coming out in August called Humiliation.…
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Two Doses of Sugar
The Awl has got a sweet interview with none other than our very own advice columnist, Sugar, who is always ebbing our existential qualms with her eloquence. But what’s it like to be Sugar, negotiating intimacy with anonymity, keeping up…
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“SUGAR SAYS” Poster Now On Sale!
A beautiful high-quality matte paper poster made up of quotes from everyone’s favorite advice columnist, Sugar!
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
One news organization has got this online advertising thing down! BBC.com is making money sooner than anyone expected. Could the post-Facebook timing of Google+ be its biggest asset? Today’s tech bandwagon: formerly Europe-only music streaming service Spotify has landed on…
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Traffic Reads
What more appropriate list could possibly come out of LA than books to read during gridlock? Especially an LA impending traffic crisis? This Friday marks Carmaggedon, which is the kind of catastrophe you know about ahead of time, specifically one…
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Data Flow
This one goes out to all those who like their data visually organized before them and those who like design, and also those who dabble in “how-to” books. If you like all three, then this book and corresponding video couldn’t…