"Writing is not a race"
If you spend any time around established literary writers, youâll be subjected to baffling advice about how itâs important not to pursue publication.
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Elisabeth Waldo (1918 â 2026) Violinist And Ethnomusicologist
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Orion Samuelson (1934 â 2026) Agricultural Broadcaster
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Trump Making Calls
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Oscar Wildeâs Only Grandchild Reckons With the Shadows of Scandal
Elizabeth Winkler in The New York Times: On the evening of Nov. 30, 1994, Merlin Holland sat in a dim side aisle of the Ăglise Saint-Germain-des-PrĂŠs, the Paris church where, in 1900, Oscar Wilde had
Sunday Poem
Two Tramps in Mud Time Out of the mud two strangers came And caught me splitting wood in the yard, And one of them put me off my aim By hailing cheerily âHit them hard!â I knew pretty well why he had
Afrika Bambaataa (1957 â 2026) Godfather of Hip-Hop
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All My Conversation Partners
by Eric Schenck Over the last 10 years, Iâve learned three languages. Egyptian Arabic, German, and Spanish. And the best thing Iâve done for each one? Meet with quality conversation partners so I can
Half of Us Have to Put the Knives Away
by Peter Topolewski âWilcox married a police officer who worked crime scenes. He gave her advice on how to protect herself from an attacker: She should always carry keys in her hand when she walked to
The New Millennium
by Anton Cebalo The film The Matrix famously froze its simulation in the year 1999. It was chosen as the alleged peak of human civilization. What unknowns might the new millennium bring? Many were und
Lessons from Atlantic City
Everything dies, baby, thatâs a fact. But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
How to Make the Impossible Possible: Cristina Campo on the Crucial Difference Between Hope and Trust
âWhat are we, anyway, at our best, but one small, persistent cluster in a greater ferment of human activity â still and forever turning toward, tuned for, the possible,â Adrienne Rich wrote in her cla
Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: AI Prophet Margaret Boden on the Three Elements of Creativity
âThe Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do [only] whatever we know how to order it to perform,â Ada Lovelace inveighed upon composing the worldâs first algorit
on choosing a life you love
your life is the way you choose to respond to the circumstances
Jamaica Kincaid: âI find England uglyâŚI hate England; the weather is like a jail sentenceâŚthe food in England is like a jail sentenceâ
Jamaica Kincaid: âI find England uglyâŚI hate England; the weather is like a jail sentenceâŚthe food in England is like a jail sentenceâ
Making it in a non-existent profession. The economics of the writing life are grim, mercurial, and infrequently discussed
Making it in a non-existent profession. The economics of the writing life are grim, mercurial, and infrequently discussed
"Most historians would rather go out naked in public than prune their copious footnotes." Not Albert O. HirschmanÂ
"Most historians would rather go out naked in public than prune their copious footnotes." Not Albert O. Hirschman
The Man Who Read Everything
Letters of Harold Bloom and six poets
The Eternal Lyric of Love and Loss: âGoodnight Moonâ Author Margaret Wise Brownâs Little-Known Poems for the Tragic Love of Her Life
"One who has dared to be gloriously good and gloriously bad in one life. No Limbo for her. Rather let life itself grow living monuments out of trees and living words so that death can never take from
Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story Behind Beethovenâs âOde to Joyâ
A hymn of rage, a hymn of redemption, and a timeless love letter to the possible.
The Dostoevskian Moment
As we accelerate toward superintelligence, our quest for self-mastery takes a spiritual turn. The Dostoevskian Moment appeared first on Palladium.
Tolkien's Guide to Defeating Evil
Why your fight always matters
I helped build a billion-dollar company. Now Iâm a nobody.
From the top of one world, to the bottom of another
Erich Frommâs 6 Rules of Listening: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist on the Art of Unselfish Understanding
"Understanding and loving are inseparable. If they are separate, it is a cerebral process and the door to essential understanding remains closed."
The Work of Happiness: May Sartonâs Stunning Poem About Being at Home in Yourself
"What is happiness but growth in peace."
From Daphni (aka Caribou), a 7hr DJ set . 7 hours!
From Daphni (aka Caribou), a 7hr DJ set. 7 hours!
The trailer for Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the...
The trailer for Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World. The film is showing in select locations around the country and will air on PBS this summer.
Ultimate Online Phreak Box . "This is a free...
Ultimate Online Phreak Box. âThis is a free online blue box, red box, and silver box.â (With this and a time machine, you could make free phone calls in the 1970s.)
A tour of the mannequin storage room at FIT . Each...
A tour of the mannequin storage room at FIT. Each eraâs mannequins are designed to mimic the âfashionable bodyâ of that time period.
Are do-gooders an inferior class, consigned to drudgery? Elizabeth Anderson traces the contours of the progressive work ethic
Are do-gooders an inferior class, consigned to drudgery? Elizabeth Anderson traces the contours of the progressive work ethic
In early-19th century Britain, body snatchers were such a problem that lead coffins, metal cages, and other hardware were used to protect the dead
In early-19th century Britain, body snatchers were such a problem that lead coffins, metal cages, and other hardware were used to protect the dead
Heart palpitations, stomach lurches, sweaty palms: What it's like to spend a year inside the Stephen King archive
Heart palpitations, stomach lurches, sweaty palms: What it's like to spend a year inside the Stephen King archive
An interview with Ronald Wayne , Apple's forgotten...
An interview with Ronald Wayne, Appleâs forgotten third founder. (He was with the company all of 2 weeks.)
Radiohead Covers Joy Division's Ceremony
From a livestream recorded many years ago, this is Radiohead covering Joy Divisionâs Ceremony. The song was originally written by Joy Division but the version most people know is New Orderâs â it was
City animals act in the same brazen ways around the world
Daniel T. Blumstein, Peter Mikula, and Piotr Tryjanowski in The Conversation: The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold theyâll steal the lunch right off your plate. If youâve spent time in New York,
AI firms and their US military ties, "a whole civilization will die tonight" edition
Plus, Anthropic's new AI model that's 'too dangerous to release,' thoughts on the New Yorker's Sam Altman investigation, and more.
Oh wow, this is a trippy game inspired by MC Escher . My...
Oh wow, this is a trippy game inspired by MC Escher. My brain may be permanently broken by this.
CAR T-cell therapy takes woman from bedridden to âperfectly fineâ
Michael Le Page at New Scientist: A woman who had three different autoimmune conditions has not required treatments for almost a year after her immune cells were genetically modified and used to kill
A short analysis of what makes Mark Antony's...
A short analysis of what makes Mark Antonyâs âFriends, Romans, countrymenâŚâ speech from Shakespeareâs Julius Caesar so good and effective.
A General Theory of Possibility: The Abstract Art of Otherwise and the Physics of Resilience
"As always happens with contradictions, something in the assumptions has to give... Declaring something impossible leads to more things being possible."
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