The Oral History of the OJ Car Service
Something May Be Wrong With Literary Fiction Itself
To be clear: I’m not saying MFAs made all novels terrible or that all contemporary writing sucks. A writer isn’t deterministically destined to produce defensive prose if they go through the MFA process. Not all writers who’ve sat in a workshop are “wor…
We Have Always Been At War With Blue
Sacré bleu: French flag changes colour – but no one notices [Grauniad] Macron secretly changed the French flag’s bright blue to navy [Quartz]
I Would Like You to be Pleased with the Idea
After introducing himself, [Jasper] Johns told [Jéan-Marc] Togodgue about a decision he had made that would forever link the 91-year-old, Georgia-born art legend with the 17-year-old student and basketball standout. It would also spark a legal dispute …
We Notice When Something Has Changed
T H E C O G N I T I V E B I A S C O D E X
Tom & Greg
The Rom-Com of the Year (if it is to be said)
It’s an … American Underdog Story
The Four Seasons Total Landscaping Documentary trailer has dropped. [CW: Giuliani]
Fitting Curves Derives Me Crazy
In the depths of Pornhub, buried beneath a mountain of hardcore erotica, a 34-year-old Taiwanese man named Changhsu (張旭) taps away at a green chalkboard while speaking a steady stream of Mandarin. In nearly all of his 226 videos, he wears a gray hoodie…
All In The Game Yo, All In The Game
Why The Wire is the greatest TV series of the 21st Century out of The 100 greatest TV series of the 21st Century [BBC] While in no way definitive, the answers we have collated are fascinating – and, we hope, will inspire TV lovers everywhere to both se…
Someone Not Mentioned On This List From a Country Not Mentioned (2-1)
Who Will Win the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature? by Alex Shephard who has a terrible track record with these predictions [The New Republic; Ungated Version]