Science Saturday
I just finished this really interesting article on bionics at National Geographic, but for some reason, the link has gone wonky on me. Head over to the main page and…
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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.
No Home I’d Call My Own
Stephen Elliott explores Christmas in yesterday’s New York Times. Here’s an excerpt. In the group homes, holidays weren’t so bad because we teenagers were all in the same parentless boat.…
Saturday Morning Links
Winter has finally come to south Florida, which means I’ll spend part of the afternoon moving our pepper plants indoors, to protect them from the bitter 40 degree weather that’s…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
The Irish Times reports on Seamus Heaney’s Irish Human Rights Commission lecture, in which he argues that the work of writers has been crucial in keeping alive the spirit of…
The History of a Font
This is the story of Johnston Sans, a character-set created for the London Underground in 1915, and the challenges involved in updating an iconic typeface. I wouldn’t blame you for…
Science Saturday
Blimps might be making a comeback. Meteor shower late Sunday night, well, late by east coast standards. Well, late by people-with-9-to-5-jobs standards. Even though it’s supposed to be the most…
If You Say So
Man in a Chicken suit plays “What is Love” on Pianica from Ring Mod on Vimeo. Any one of these events, singly, would not be cause enough to link. It’s…
Eros in Athens
This sounds like one hell of a show–the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens (not the one in Georgia) has put together a collection of erotic art dating from the…
Saturday Morning Links
Is it Saturday already? Time flies when grades are due. The Mexican answers some important questions about faith and cartoons. Yes yes yes. Take what Overthinking It says about filmmaking…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
I love Philip Larkin’s “An Arundel Tomb.” He hated it. On a side note, I really love that the BBC is willing to spend 30 minutes on the story behind…
Science Saturday
The surface of Mars had liquid water recently. Two things. 1. I’m not talking about the latest Doctor Who special which hasn’t aired in the US yet so why would…
Rosie the Riveter High School
There’s so much to love about this story–the use of a feminist icon as an educational motivator for women in non-traditional trades; the acknowledgment that jobs dominated by women aren’t…