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…
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 …
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 …
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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.
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.
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…
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…
The Quietus | Opinion | Black Sky Thinking | How Spotify Is Taking Crumbs From Quietus Artists’ Tables
Eamonn Forde gives us an update on how the new streaming royalties system where a threshold of 1000 plays has to be reached before money is paid out, is an unprincipled devaluation of the music we all hold dear
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…
Britain can put up acres of shoddy new-builds – or homes fit for the future. We do have a choice | Astrid Smitham
Labour’s plan for 1.5m new homes is a chance to raise the bar for all, but it must be focused on real social and climate needs, says architect Astrid Smitham
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…
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.