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Notable New York, This Week 4/19 – 4/25
This week in New York NOON launches Issue 9 with a reading and party, a reading by notable New Yorkers of stories on their first time in New York, Maile…
Online Classes
Ever wanted to sit in on a class about moral reasoning and justice at Harvard? How about classical mechanics at M.I.T.? Hell, you must be curious about “Physics for Future…
Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #29
Have fun on the bus to Fargo, Doug. I just won a coin toss with some guitar player and now I’ve got a seat on a plane. Who? The guy…
The Last Book I Loved: We’re Getting On
Is this the apocalypse? Maybe. It could just be a personal problem. James Kaelan’s We’re Getting On was the last book to remind me why I love books so much.…
Naked Androgyny
After nearly a decade of being a defining and defying figure in the art world, Ryan McGinley’s legitimacy is still being questioned. Last month McGinley unveiled his latest exhibit at…
National Poetry Month: Day 19. “Boulder” by Sidney Wade
Boulder this world is full of beautiful surprises
Morning Coffee
I’m Walter. I’m going to be doing this while Dan Weiss is on vacation. But also, Dan Weiss told me to tell you to “look at this dang ol’ ant.”…
RECESSION SEX WORKERS #10: Last Exit to Hollywood, The Passing Fancy of Allenina Wong
When you have a gender, you enjoy certain privileges. You don’t get stared at, laughed at, egged or beat up on the street because of how you appear.
Libraries + Sex = The Best Survey In The History Of The World
Bookninja pointed me in the direction of the recently released “1992 Librarians and Sex Survey Results.” Apparently, the Wilson Library Bulletin ran this survey way back when, and then promptly…