Science Saturday
Lots of fascinating science news this week. Here we go. The IgNobel Prizes were given out last night, and the honored research included a bra that doubles as a gas…
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Rumpus Articles
Have you always wanted to write for The Rumpus part two
Yesterday, Stephen made you an incredible offer. I’m here to expand it. Do you have a favorite obscure poem (and no, poems are not necessarily obscure) or collection of poems…
Saturday Morning Links
If you’re not reading Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, you ought to be. This dog would be fully justified in refusing to warn its owners in the event of a house…
Swinging Modern Sounds #15: On Technique
In popular music circles, these days, very good instrumental technique is often considered bad form.
Hockey-Playing Polar Bear From Space
The only way this video could be more awesome is if there were ninja-pirates, or if the makers used Europe as the backing band instead of Kenny Loggins.
The Last Book I Loved: Carpenter’s Gothic
William Gaddis is one of those writers I’ve been hearing about for years, a writer’s writer of difficult but rewarding fiction, a post-modern master. The Recognitions is considered his masterpiece,…
Rooms of Their Own
Three generations of women cope with isolation, grief, and sex, in the first novel by the celebrated story writer, Rachel Sherman.
Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #4: Duck
(Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995) Duck They were so young, this couple still new to their stories, looking ahead and not looking, locked into marriage.…
why i am not afraid to take your money, by amanda fucking palmer
(Editor’s note. Yesterday we linked to Amanda Palmer’s excellent blog post, Why I’m not afraid to take your money. But we liked her post so much we asked if we…
A Future of Vooks
The New York Times has an article running about “vooks”: a book that has videos incorporated within. The article strives to illuminate the argument that in a technology-oriented world, books—for…