Notable San Francisco: 8/6-8/13
This week in San Francisco . . . Monday 8/6 – Quiet Lightening will be having a reading at the Conservatory of Flowers as part of their summer series The…
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A History of Mars Exploration
Last night, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on the surface of Mars, beginning its year long exploration of the planet. The Guardian has compiled a short history of Mars musing, which highlights…
Sikh Temple Shooting
Our thoughts are with the victims of yesterday’s tragedy in Wisconsin. The suspect has been identified as Wade Michael Page, a 40-year old Army veteran and white supremacist. More on…
Weekend Essay Round-Up
We published so much good content this weekend, we hope you didn’t miss it. But just in case: Amber Sparks considers how religion can fuel one’s writing—even when the writer is…
Notable New York, This Week 8/6-8/12
This week in NYC: MONDAY 8/6: Patti Smith reads from Woolgathering at Books Beneath the Bridge, followed by an interview with Ezra Goldstein, of Community Bookstore, and a signing. Brooklyn…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I don’t know if this is the best place to post it, but Tig Notaro is the best person in the world. This is how it starts you guys. Rebel…
My Mother Always Told Me Nice Is As Nice Does
At Slate, yesterday, Jacob Silverman wrote a piece denouncing the pernicious trend of “enthusiasm” he detects in the online literary universe. (BREAKING: People might still like and read books.) He…
Surreal Stories for Kids
“Tiny walruses in nutshells, talking slugs — what’s not to like?” At Wired, Jonathan H. Liu reviews three new McMullens picture books, all of which sport elaborately designed dust jackets…
“Things I wouldn’t otherwise say”
“Letters are a slow-motion conversation, one where every word matters and you carefully consider what you want to say. One where discussions evolve over the course of months rather than…
Sweet Spot Sugar
After attending our release party for Tiny Beautiful Things, Ginger Murray of SF Weekly‘s The Sweet Spot channels Dear Sugar in her response to a young man seeking advice on…
Praise For Dispatch From The Future
This month’s Rumpus Book Club selection – Leigh Stein’s Dispatch from the Future – gets an outstanding review from Guernica Magazine: “Stein’s poems are the very perfect product of a frenetic in-between…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Evidently Peruvians are the best at not getting rabies. Important news: squids be crazy. Neil deGrasse Tyson is everyone’s hero. I guess it is time to revolutionize archeological mapping. Its…