The Power of Gil Scott-Heron
My experience with Gil Scott Heron is (woefully) limited to his seminal work “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” and his final album I’m New Here. I didn’t know how…
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Brian Spears
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Brian Spears is Senior Poetry Editor of The Rumpus and the author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011). His poem “Upon Reading That Andromeda Will One Day Devour Triangulum and Come For Us Next” was featured in Season 9 of Motion Poems.
Is That The Best You’ve Got?
I have to say, I’m a little underwhelmed by Flavorwire’s list of 30 greatest writer-on-writer insults. Harold Bloom cutting J.K. Rowling is a bit like a dairy farmer criticizing a…
Recycling-Plus!
Scientists in Japan have discovered a way to create edible steaks from human feces. No, I’m not shitting you. “Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, has developed steaks…
This is not a joke…
Though in a saner world, the people who made this decision would be considered one. “A Jerusalem rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a dog it suspects is the…
Science Saturday
We’re not quite halfway through the year and this has already been one of the most extreme weather years on record. And hurricane season just started. Nice collection of images…
Saturday Morning Links
Very often I will begin this link roundup with a joke about being hung over. None today, because I actually am hung over. Amazon’s Kindle store is selling spam, among…
Dressed to Kill
I’m probably way behind the times here, but I’ve just discovered this project by artist Megan Rosalarian Gedris in which she cross-dresses male superheroes. But she’s doing more than just…
The Real Lesbians of Damascus
No, it’s not a new “reality” show airing network tv this fall (though we shouldn’t give anyone any ideas). It’s the subject of a piece by Daniel Nassar in today’s…
Happy Birthday to the Marbled Page
I’ve never read Tristram Shandy, but I think I’m going to find a copy now just so I can get a sense of what this story is about. The Atlantic…
A Note to My Fellow White Males
Dear Dudes: As a fellow white male, I understand how tough it is to get oneself noticed above the din of all the other white male voices out there.
More Face-Palm
If you’re in Tennessee, you probably want to stop using the internet right now, especially if you were thinking about posting, or even sending some manner of image, because you’re…
Bicycling While Skirted
I think this belongs in the “don’t you have more important stuff to worry about, Officer” category, but I’m willing to entertain other category suggestions as well. Jasmijn Rijcken is…