Waking Vixen on the parellels between sex worker activism and youth activism. (via $pread) The end of Alternadad; Neal Pollack’s final post on Parents.com. Khmer Rouge defendant expresses “heartfelt sorrow”…
Caleb Charland’s photographs of scientific curiosity. Paraplegic man is bitten by a spider, regains the use of his legs, and is arrested for domestic abuse. Using Google Maps to determine…
Harriet wants to know what stereotypes you associate with poets. This could get funny. Speaking of funny, the comment thread in this piece about Ugly Duckling Press is wonderful, especially…
I’ve never understood the argument for super-premium vodka–vodka is supposed to be, by definition neutral (don’t get me started on flavored vodkas), so what, outside the stylishness of the bottle,…
A haunting essay/slide show about Detroit. The day before I arrived, the frozen body of a man was found in the elevator shaft of an abandoned warehouse; only the feet…
Rory McInnes, budding artist in search of attention from Google Earth. And as long as I’m acting like a twelve year old, a Florida eighth-grader gets kicked off the school…
I’m now reading Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and I’m awe-struck. This is exquisite writing and masterful story-telling. She creates a community of characters, all revolving around Olive in odd…
If you’re heading out onto the job for the first time, you’d probably better wait a moment and watch Staplerfahrer Klaus, the most important safety-training video in any language. Matter…
Zoetrope: All-Story published their Latin American Issue this Spring, edited by Daniel Alarcón and Diego Trelles Paz. Read an interview with Alarcón on the arbitrary nature of anthologies and the…
It is -7º F outside. In his kitchen, Harry makes me tea. He is a broad-shouldered man with a prominent chin and a deep, smooth voice. He has been remodeling…
“The diary of a copywriter, written on company time, billed to the client.” The House of Wigs is a small collection of sixty admirable short stories from the folks at…