The Trouble With Academia
“I think a lot of literary academics look sort of wistfully out of their office windows and wish their career hadn’t led them so far away from the wider public…
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Jonathan Lethem and David Gates Talk Facebook, Internet, The Future
“I have no idea how to handle this new mode of living (I guess “living” is the word) in fiction. I probably spend more time e-mailing and reading online than…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
No-Tell Motel has some summer reading recommendations for you. Did you see our reviews of two poetry collections this week? Weston Cutter on Maureen McLane and Virginia Konchan on Timothy…
Lately at Ted
I’ve been known to burn a whole afternoon just watching talk after talk. Here’s some of what I’ve enjoyed of late. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy takes Ted inside a school for…
Oil Spill Update
Want to read the BP oil spill plan? If you want great information–though a bit technical–from people in the industry, read The Oil Drum. And follow them on Twitter. Rachel…
Science Saturday
That giant sinkhole in Guatemala? Humans did it. It’s also not technically a sinkhole. SpaceX, the private company who will be taking over for the Space Shuttle, had a successful…
Saturday Morning Links
It’s been a good week on The Rumpus. I’ll try to keep it going. Dear Prescott Arizona. Fuck you. Daniel Sinker brings an old book back to life. The book?…
Beige Is the New Black
Cruising along the information super highway, fashion often dictates that the faster, the sleeker, and the more high-tech the better. And so it’s nice to know the somewhere the interwebs…
Ten Over 80
Ward Six is proud to announce its TEN OVER 80: WRITERS TO GO BACK AND READ list. All the following writers will turn 80 or more this year, and all…
Morning Coffee
Post-monument at the International Sculpture Biennale. This is a story about the flotation dynamics of giraffes. Being a scientist is AWESOME. Via @rosieate. Inhabitat looks into this year’s awesome World…
Morning Coffee
The best we can do with the materials at hand. We here are about 80 percent sure the world is ending, but we just can’t stop looking at this sink…