The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner., Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
A book that redefines both family and narrative for the…
Ted’s Thoughts
Ted Han’s thoughts about journalism, technology, civilization, art and a bunch of other things.
Weird Studies
Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality."
Spielberg’s ‘A.I.’ Divided Critics, but It’s the Ultimate Coming-of-Age Story 20 Years Later
Movies don't change, we do. And where you are in life may affect how you receive the heartbreaking vision of this film.
The Thing That Makes Your Show Funnier
One element can create tension and humour that is so much richer
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
"What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" is a paper by American philosopher Thomas Nagel, first published in The Philosophical Review in October 1974, and later in Nagel's Mortal Questions (1979). The paper presents several difficulties posed by phenomenal consciousness, including the potential insolubility of the mind–body problem owing to "facts beyond the reach of human concepts", the limits of objectivity and reductionism, the "phenomenological features" of subjective experience, the limits of human imagination, and what it means to be a particular, conscious thing.
Umberto Eco's Guide to Writing a Thesis
A funny and unpretentious guide by the illustrious novelist Umberto Eco, for his favorite audience: teachers and their students.
I wanted to be Anthony Bourdain—until I met him.
CW: suicide, suicidal ideation, addiction
Dead-Frog: Live Comedy Near You
Comedy dissected with comprehensive coverage of stand-up comedy tours, festivals and events from top headliners to rising stars.
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) is a book by sociologist and mass media scholar Neil Postman. It has been translated into 16 languages and sold some 200,000 copies worldwide. In 2005, Postman's son Andrew reissued the book in a 20th anniversary edition.
The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
Brief interviews with hideous men
David Foster Wallace made an art of taking readers into…
Butterick’s Practical Typography
Ron Chernow’s biography dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work.