“People love me. Why? Because I’m fun. I’m the life of the party. I bring levity to any situation. Need to soften the blow of a harsh message about restroom…
The Bold Italic recently sent writers and photographers to Sixth and Market, an infamous intersection in San Francisco “known for its gritty liquor stores, strip clubs, and SROs.” The reporters…
Why the internet exists reasons #3,657-58: vintage NASA art and jellyfish photography. Oh hey perpetual storytelling apparatus, how are you? (Warning: foreign language link) I can’t decide if I hate…
This week in New York Stephen Colbert celebrates Ulysses, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson are King and Queen of the Mermaid Parade, Heidi Julavits interviews Aimee Bender at Symphony Space,…
Fuck it, Doug. I’m sick of renting and this place is super affordable. Well if this whole “used to be an Indian burial ground” thing bums you out so much,…
This week in San Francisco: The June Monthly Rumpus!, short operas, burlesque, underground film, and cardboard tube fighting! Monday 6/14: It’s that time again: get your ass down to the…
Hidden posters discovered in the Notting Hill tube stop. (Hurray!) Important question du jour: Are smarter people actually more likely to kill themselves? This is all in French, but that…
Check out this terrific interview with Amy King at Huffington Post on the current “Femininaissance” in poetry. Artifice Mag muses on summer reading and wants to know what you’re reading…
The next Rumpus is this Monday(!), do you have your tickets yet? The Rumpus and SMITH Magazine Proudly Present: Beautiful Beginnings June 14th at The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street,…
A Japanese spacecraft has deployed the first ever solar sail. Confirmation of the discovery of the youngest planet outside our solar system. Algae-powered flight. Yet another reason to be terrified…
NOAA releases oil trajectory forecasts for the Gulf coastline. This NY Times article suggests Floridians are mad at their neighbors over the oil spill, and we are now, but less…