Bill On Will
Bryson writing about Shakespeare, that is. The Times offers an excerpt from Shakespeare.
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Soviet Poster a Day
Alexander Zakharov posts, well, a Soviet poster every day. Best of all, he provides a lot of useful historical and artistic context for them. I've always been fascinated by the visual bravura of these posters, now I get to discover the "hidden" meaning to them, which, of course, weren't hidden to the proletariat .
The New Buffalo
Once united by poverty and marginalization, American Indians are now confronting success and wealth, thanks to their new casinos. How can that be a bad thing?
Queen of the Nicht
Florence Foster Jenkins was many things. A teacher, a philanthropist, and a kind and generous friend, by many accounts. What she was not, was a gifted vocal artist, despite her unshakable belief to the contrary.
Mem, Mem, Mem
Paul West writes the first aphasic memoir. As a writer, I find the loss of language skills the most terrifying boogie man of them all.
A Philipic, A Manifesto
B. R. Myers is fightin' mad about high-faluting writin'.
Everybody's a Ham
Bagheera tries her hand at the dramatic chipmunk memehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw">meme;.
Huckleberry's Come Hither Look
Admit it—the lad simply smolders.
Why Newspapers Are Screwed
Silicon Alley Insider tells a horror story.
Are Americans Amateurs?
When it comes to trash talk, it would seem so. Numbers two and four completely cracked me up.