If you were a member of the Rumpus Poetry Book Club, you’d be involved in the conversation Gabrielle Calvocoressi is leading about Timothy Donnelly’s The Cloud Corporation. You’d also have…
Okay, it’s been going on for a while now since they’re up to N, but via Christian Bok, check out AlphaBattle, a contest to see who can design the coolest…
There’s been a lot of talk the last few years about the increased cost of a college degree, and how government aid hasn’t kept pace with need. Lots of politicians…
I almost always start these with a link from the Wired Science blog, but how do I choose today? Here are the top 4 right now: two stories onexoplanets, NASA…
I’m starting to believe that there is nothing in this world more likely to destroy one’s schedule than Netflix Streaming. Quick question about Park 51. Almost everyone objecting to it…
We try sometimes, but it is pretty hard to complain. Fur coats are French street art. Underwater vacation homes are the best vacation homes. Speaking of: Jean Cocteau and Villa…
Aaaah! Vintage NASA pictures! Hurray! Will this be a continued theme? Chihuly’s boathouse. I love articles about voids. This is in French, but you know what else it is? A…
It’s just a coincidence that I’ll be teaching the Wendell Berry poem “Enriching the Earth” tomorrow, a poem which ends with the lines “And so what was heaviest / and…
Note: These are actual chats conducted on Facebook with men who instant message the musician Alina Simone. If you too keep getting scammed for money by Russian women, you won’t…