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Youngsters in Fiction
Here is a breakdown of child protagonists in adult fiction. After noticing patterns in the characterization of youth in various novels, the author has hypothesized three categorical portrayals—“Portraits of the artist as a young person,” “The Go-Betweens” and “The Clockwork…
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Family Tree Shake-Up
Fossils found in a South African cave may be “the most plausible known ancestor of archaic and modern humans,” argue the scientists who discovered the bones, citing the combination of apelike and human features in the newfound species—dubbed Australopithecus sediba.…
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A Success for Public Access to Information!
Remember when Aaron Swartz challenged the US Government by illegally downloading over 4 million articles from JSTOR, in hopes of breaking down the barriers that prevent public access to information? He was facing some major charges including a million dollar…
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Cormac McCarthy’s Lunch
In the spirit of taking on literary identities under the guise of an internet profile (like Laura Ingalls Wilder’s famed twitter), there’s another way to take on the writerly stylings of beloved authors. “Yelping With Cormac” is the blog for…
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The Commercialization of Literature
Jack Kerouac’s literary imprint has made its way into some surprising mediums–a t-shirt sold at Urban Outfitters, a lyric of a Katy Perry single. Though the commercialization of literature isn’t exactly breaking news, it is interesting to track the ways…
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Goodbye, Michael Hart
Michael Hart should have been more famous than he was. I don’t know if it’s accurate to say that he invented the e-book, but he had tons to do with developing it. He started Project Gutenberg, which is one of…
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Out With the Old, In With the New
We always hear about new words being added to the dictionary—things like acronyms are being rewarded with official word legitimacy. So, we’ve learned that the dictionary can stay modern, but what about those antiquated words that have been lost from…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
This has been touched on before, but prehistoric life was basically all boning all the time. Once Upon A Time In Yugoslavia will fulfill all my internet needs this week. The Railton Mobil Special! Who wants to take a road…
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Bookforum Love
Bookforum’s daily roundup of internet gems shone their literary spotlight on our poetry editor Brian Spears whose piece “The Death and Resurrection of BlazeVOX,” we recently published. We wanted to reciprocate the love. So, here it is. We love you…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Let’s talk about old place names yes? Important: Amazon makes terrible spaceships. Related: Soviet space shuttle remains hurray! Ferris wheel based art (and other things). Antiquarian tableware (#2 is particularly amazing).
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Workdays Worldwide
This infographic breaks down the workdays of countries in the OECD (Organization for Economic and Co-operation and Development). Distinguishing between paid and unpaid work, the graphic reveals which countries have the shortest and longest average working day according to OECD…