Better than naming the colors #FF00FF
Metafilter offers an unexpectedly riveting collection of links and comments about crayons. Or maybe it’s just 4 p.m. on a weekday.
Metafilter offers an unexpectedly riveting collection of links and comments about crayons. Or maybe it’s just 4 p.m. on a weekday.
William Faulkner was a conventional Southern man of his time in at least one way: his weakness for sorority girls.
“Many recent Poet Laureates have not entirely hidden their political views, even if they haven’t manned the barricades… But Charles Simic may be a special case.”
Emily Cook of Minneapolis, guest-blogging at Bookslut, reports that everyone at Milkweed, Graywolf, Coffee House, & Rain Taxi is okay after the bridge collapse.
While I focus on things other than blogging this month, I’m running a series on independent bookstores. Below New School MFA student Lorraine Martindale praises Caveat Emptor of Bloomington, Indiana. I love everything about this place. The mildly cranky, white-haired, bearded guy and the smart, cheerful woman who have both run it for years, who always have intelligent comments about . . .