Jim Murdoch’s piece on the reader’s responsibility to breathe life into poems is fascinating. At the very least, it’s a good metaphor for people who teach poetry to those who…
The fourth anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina would likely be garnering bigger headlines right now if not for the death of Senator Edward Kennedy. It might have even…
I’m starting this Science Saturday in the world of alcoholic consumption, which is a world very dear to me. I am joyful in every study that suggests moderate drinking is…
When it comes to groups willing to argue passionately over possible outcomes to contests that will never take place, Sci-Fi-ers and sports nuts are far and away the most obnoxious.…
It’s Saturday morning. Get the sleep out your eyes and start clicking. Farhad Manjoo has some solid ideas on how to beat the Kindle. Now, if only Amazon’s competitors will…
The 10 geekiest tattoos. “An essay on the horrors of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, in the form of a Choose Your Own Adventure® story” from Rudolph Delson. It is…
Proof that everything that could possibly exist does somewhere: Life takes you inside a fish hospital. Library themed ice cream? It turns out that coin flips aren’t fair at all.…
“Name of applicant: Rimbaud, Arthur “The candidate is not suited to a university environment except as an expellable member of a fraternity – if one would take him. The committee…
The LA Times looks back on “Day of the Locust.” For some reason, placebos seem to be getting more effective. Take THAT science and medical advances! Atlas Obscura is a…
Born (and undoubtedly circumsized) in 2001, Booklyn-based Heeb Magazine has been irreverently covering Jewish culture for nearly a decade. Recently they one-upped themselves in the hilariously inappropriate category with the…
Get ready to get your rocks off. Literary art mags Bomb, Opium and Gigantic are joining forces to host a night of short artistic/musical/literary programs this Wednesday, August 26th at…
Adaptive re-use of crashed starships. If presenting Wuthering Heights like a new Stephenie Meyer gets people reading, does it matter? Scientists draw squid using its 150 million-year-old fossilised ink. A…