September 2010
Genius Literature Without Words
2010 Stranger Literature Genius Jim Woodring | by Paul Constant
The Stranger
"There are only a small number of medium-changing geniuses in the history of cartooning who have managed to develop a singular visual language, and Jim Woodring is one of...
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Plagiarism and essay mills | by Dan Ariely
Danariely.com
An investigation into the output of college essay generators.
Read More‘As Gekko languished in jail, Wall Street was taken over by lunch-eating wimps.’
How ‘Wall Street’ changed Wall Street | By Francesco Guerrera
Financial Times
Rather than being disgusted at the corrosive effects of greed on the financial industry, in two decades Gordon Gekko and Bud Fox have exuded a 'hypnotic influence' on would-be... Read MoreTreme is “for” New Orleans and the music
Charm City, USA | by Nicholas Lemann
New York Review of Books
The Wire is to Baltimore as Treme is to New Orleans?
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The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
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The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
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I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
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The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
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I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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