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We’re All Math People
We’re All Math People
Some of the power of math lies in the very fact that it’s made up.
·nautil.us·
We’re All Math People
Chin-Sun Lee on Writing Landcape
Chin-Sun Lee on Writing Landcape
A version of this essay first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. For much of my life, I equated traveling to foreign cities with glamour, money, adventure, and independ…
·lithub.com·
Chin-Sun Lee on Writing Landcape
The History of Writing is the History of Humanity
The History of Writing is the History of Humanity
Imagine our world without writing. No pencils, no pens, no paper, no grocery lists. No chalkboards, typewriters or printing-presses, no letters or books. No computers or word-processors, no e-mail …
·lithub.com·
The History of Writing is the History of Humanity
Dream Scenario is a Worthwhile Head Trip
Dream Scenario is a Worthwhile Head Trip
Dream Scenario, the new film from Kristoffer Borgli, sports a premise so clever and exciting that it seems almost impossible to live up to or make good on as a fully realized film. Sometimes ideas …
·lithub.com·
Dream Scenario is a Worthwhile Head Trip
Edgar Kunz on Knowing When a Poem is Finished
Edgar Kunz on Knowing When a Poem is Finished
First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, …
·lithub.com·
Edgar Kunz on Knowing When a Poem is Finished
Write-minded Offers a Mid-NaNoWriMo Pep Talk
Write-minded Offers a Mid-NaNoWriMo Pep Talk
Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is currently in its fourth year. We are a weekly podcast for writers craving a unique blend of inspiration and real talk about the ups and downs of the …
·lithub.com·
Write-minded Offers a Mid-NaNoWriMo Pep Talk
Stan Herman, the People’s Designer
Stan Herman, the People’s Designer
The nonagenarian, whose vast uniform portfolio includes McDonald’s and FedEx, inspects new work for the Central Park Conservancy and for Bryant Park’s bathroom attendants.
·newyorker.com·
Stan Herman, the People’s Designer
Comedian Neal Brennan shares how to quiet your inner critic
Comedian Neal Brennan shares how to quiet your inner critic
He co-created one of TV’s funniest shows. He still felt like a failure in his 30s. This is comedian Neal Brennan’s story about conquering toxic self-talk.
·bigthink.com·
Comedian Neal Brennan shares how to quiet your inner critic
Holly Herndon’s Infinite Art
Holly Herndon’s Infinite Art
The artist and musician uses machine learning to make strange, playful work. She also advocates for artists’ autonomy in a world shaped by A.I.
·newyorker.com·
Holly Herndon’s Infinite Art
What Working Minimum-Wage Jobs Taught Me About Writing Novels
What Working Minimum-Wage Jobs Taught Me About Writing Novels
Spring 2008: I thought I finally had my life figured out. For months, I had been looking for a job—any job—and then I got one. I was hired to bartend at an upmarket restaurant in Harvard Square. Th…
·lithub.com·
What Working Minimum-Wage Jobs Taught Me About Writing Novels
40 Books to Understand Palestine
40 Books to Understand Palestine
In the last 38 days, more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Another 190 have been killed by Israeli army fire and settler violence in the West Bank. Tens of t…
·lithub.com·
40 Books to Understand Palestine
Beirut: Hadsel
Beirut: Hadsel
Read Ben Cardew’s review of the album.
·pitchfork.com·
Beirut: Hadsel
10 essential South Asian disco records
10 essential South Asian disco records
Following the release of their new album, Karthik Poduval of Flamingods selects 10 essential South Asian disco records from his collection.
·thevinylfactory.com·
10 essential South Asian disco records
The reincarnation of Lil Tay, explained
The reincarnation of Lil Tay, explained
Breaking down the legend of Lil Tay, the “youngest flexer of the century,” whose August “death” turned out to be a hoax.
·thefader.com·
The reincarnation of Lil Tay, explained
The strange persistence of first languages
The strange persistence of first languages
What happens when you lose the language you grew up in? And what memories might you access if you learn it again?
·bigthink.com·
The strange persistence of first languages
Ed Park on Panoramic Storytelling
Ed Park on Panoramic Storytelling
This week on The Maris Review, Ed Park joins Maris Kreizman to discuss Same Bed Different Dreams, out now from Random House. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts. * fr…
·lithub.com·
Ed Park on Panoramic Storytelling
Read Anne Boyer’s extraordinary New York Times resignation letter.
Read Anne Boyer’s extraordinary New York Times resignation letter.
It’s been a hell of a 24 hours for writers demonstrating moral courage. Last night at the National Book Awards, over a dozen NBA finalists took to the stage to use their moment in the spotlig…
·lithub.com·
Read Anne Boyer’s extraordinary New York Times resignation letter.
Influence and the Rise of Digital Celebrity
Influence and the Rise of Digital Celebrity
A history of social media from the perspective of the poster, Taylor Lorenz’s Extremely Online examines the roots and rise of our sponsorship-saturated ecosystem.
·thenation.com·
Influence and the Rise of Digital Celebrity