Photogenic Alchemy: Instagram for the Mad Scientist
If you ever wanted to be either a photographer or a mad scientist when you grew up, you may be jealous of how New York artist Matthew Cetta has been…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Why hello there new adorable mammal. Let’s all check out some of the new UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Moving sidewalks are (yesterday’s) the future! A brief history of “hello”. Here…
George Saunders’ Syracuse Graduation Speech to Be Published
In 2005, David Foster Wallace delivered his famous commencement speech to Kenyon’s graduating class, which was notorious for invoking the story about two young fish unable to recognize they are swimming…
The confining resonance of a writer’s name
A writer of recognized fame in a niche, cliquey genre probably feels like Ashton Kutcher did the morning after Hollywood’s premiere of Dude Where’s My Car: happy, thankful, and proud…
Genre on the Mind
Is the wiring of our brains related to how we write as individuals? Joyce Dyer thinks so. One student in the summer group said she could retain nothing of the…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Head is in outer space today. NPR pines (and sees reason to maybe hope) for real big alien life. On the other hand, it turns out the Milky Way is…
First Time Author, Two New Books
Kiese Laymon is a first-time author with two new books out. We have linked to essays by him in the recent past. Both of these essays (“You are the Second…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It brings me so much pleasure knowing there is an impassioned debate in the scientific community about what jumping into a black hole would do to you. The time has…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It is very important to remember to put elevators in your skyscrapers. You guys, I’m so excited about the Hyperloop. The solar bell is neat too. Now let us discuss…
Notable New York: 8/12-8/18
Monday 08.12 The Franklin Park Reading Series is back this week and is something of a special line-up as they’re featuring a few poets, which is a rare occurrence for…
Little Raw Souls by Steven Schwartz
In the hands of a writer as talented and sensitive as Schwartz, flashy language and exotic vistas turn out not to be necessary.
Next Letter for Kids: Carolyn Cohagan
The next Letter for Kids, going out August 15, is from Carolyn Cohagan! (It got switched with Elisabeth Dahl’s letter due to a printing error, so it’s going out later than…