The Lightning Came Without Rain
Nina Schuyler reviews Lightning People by Christopher Bollen today in Rumpus Books.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Fun fact: a couple years ago scientists found a dodo bird mass grave! (via Atlas Obscura.) Important: Johnny Cash was a pretty great dude. Important: North Korea is awe inspiring…
Listen to This!
In 1958 Ian Fleming and Raymond Chandler discussed each other’s writing in this BBC interview. Being seasoned wordsmiths on the subject, they discuss what makes a British thriller versus an…
Discussions on Language
“Ugly and pointless new usages appear in the media and drift into everyday conversation: Faze, as in “it doesn’t faze me” Hospitalize, which really is a vile word Wrench for…
Notable San Francisco: 9/26-10/2
This week in San Francisco! Monday 9/26: Susan Gangel and Kit Kennedy headline 3300 Club’s FREE poetry reading at 7PM. Bottom of the Hill free concert night features blues band…
Photos: Hemingway’s Letters
“’Gertrude Stein who wrote Three Lives and a number of other good things was here to dinner last night and stayed till mid-night[.] She is about 55 I guess and…
All Over Coffee #552 Collaboration with Andrew Sean Greer
A beautiful All Over Coffee from artist Paul Madonna and author Andrew Sean Greer. …more
New Arthur Conan Doyle
“Conan Doyle sent it to a publisher but it was lost in the post. The book was then reconstructed from memory.” Starting today, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s first novel The…
Female Comic Characters: Sexy or Smart?
What are the implications of female characters in comics for women? This article ponders the question: who are today’s superheroines aimed to please? Laura Hudson describes how often contemporary comics…
Voting before Driving
ABC reports that Saudi Arabian women will be allowed to take part in local elections starting in 2015. “This is in a country where women are subjected to many restrictions,…