Straight Outta Stratford
Whom do we have to thank for the line “I’ll teach you how to flow”? LL Cool J? Method Man? Actually, it’s Antonio, Prospero’s villainous brother in The Tempest. HTMLGiant collects…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Let’s all discuss the sharksucker fish’s sucking disc, because what else are you going to do this morning? Oh, there you are Richard III. The Shackleton recreation seems to be…
Allen Ginsberg, The Photographer
Ginsberg is not typically remembered for his photography, but from 1950 to 1990 he captured hundreds of photographs documenting his life, family, and friends. In “The Photography of Allen Ginsberg,”…
Happy Birthday, Rosa Parks!
Civil-rights activist Rosa Parks would have turned 100 today. Racialicious has a great post debunking some popular myths about her famous refusal to sit at the back of the bus:…
The Believer’s new podcast: The Organist
“From philosophy to daytime TV, from poetry to martial arts, the show scrutinizes and interrogates the world with an affectionate and rigorous intelligence.” Join us in welcoming The Organist, a…
“A ‘Fuck You’ to Women Everywhere”
I can imagine complaining along these lines in an editorial meeting at a British publishing house, and being sighed at: “Yes, of course the 1960s cover is beautiful – I love…
Notable New York: 2/4-2/9
This week in NYC: MONDAY 02/04: Kishi Bashi (K Ishibashi of Jupiter One and Of Montreal) collaborates with performance poet Bian Omni Dillon. Both will perform solo sets and then…
My Kingdom for a Better Burial Site
Richard III, whom Shakespeare portrayed as deformed and murderous, has been dug up not in a cathedral or mausoleum but underneath a parking lot. The BBC reports that after extensive…
Notable San Francisco 2/4-2/9
This week in SF Monday 2/4: SMITH Magazine holds Reboot featuring six storytellers’ Six-Word Memoirs. With comedian Aurora Simcovich, musician Aaron Glass, Wise Sons Deli owner Leo Beckerman , writer Josh…
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
If you skipped the Rumpus this weekend to watch the Super Bowl (who wouldn’t after reading J. Ryan Stradal’s guide for people who don’t know about football?), here’s what you…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
If you haven’t yet, I’d highly encourage you to start your day with Michael Chabon’s essay on Wes Anderson. Perhaps you’d like to see the view from the top of…
Longreads Love
Longreads chose “Sick,” Amy Butcher’s powerful essay on mental illness, as one of their picks this week. Thanks, Longreads, we love you back!