Oh man, I sure hope the Low Line park gets made. Let’s take a look at all the world’s submarine cables. Perhaps you’ve wondered what the mathematically average font would…
“Young people immersed in the online world are encountering racist and sexist slurs and other name-calling that probably would appall their parents and teachers. And most consider it no big…
An emerging movement seeks to orient suburbs around farms rather than golf courses. “According [to] the American Farmland Trust, more than 6 million acres of agricultural land in the United…
Taking us back to her prep school days, Miranda July reveals her first feminist action and the fallout. “I didn’t have a plan beyond this moment. I wasn’t sure anyone…
A scratch-and-sniff guide to New York is in the works. The children’s book, called New York PHEW York, will include “both the good (strawberry, pizza, hot dogs, churros) and the…
What does it even mean to create artificial blood vessels on a 3D printer? The ancient Irish were totally terrified of zombies. “On the Writing of the Insane (with illustrations).”…
“Google Translator deals with translation on the basis not that every sentence is different, but that anything submitted to it has probably been said before.” Google Translator defies traditional methods…
This week in San Francisco Monday 9/19: Bay Area based John Sakkis and Lynn Xu headline the 1st and 3rd Mondays Poets! series at Bird and Beckett tonight. Readings will…
This week in New York, Kick Assonance poetry reading at KGB Bar; Damion Searls talks Proust and Ruskin; Center for Book Arts opens fall exhibitions; Page Meets Stage with Suheir…
The porn industry is ready for the apocalypse. While we’re on the subject (not really): the consequences of ruin porn. Yes, we heard about the loneliest seal too. Hey look,…
The Brits, more specifically, a UK organization called the Society of Authors, will be highlighting the importance of the short story with a special Tweetathon. The tweetathon features a well-known…
One of my guilty pleasures is reading trashy romance novels. The majority of these novels stick to the same format, with sex scenes that range from tepid to the written…