It’s hard to believe there was a time when incredible books like Frankenstein, Ulysses, Candide, The [...]
The Paris Review spring 2009
By Jordan SchillingMonday, July 13th, 2009
The Paris Review‘s recent spring 2009 issue features an amazing fiction peice entitiled At the Zoo, [...]
“I can make it hot!!!” says Craigslist
By Emily HomrokThursday, July 9th, 2009
Being a college student — that is to say, being utterly broke to the point of [...]
Colbert Takes on the Inquirer
By Tim McGovernSaturday, May 23rd, 2009
Like many left-of-center Philadelphians, I was quite disturbed to learn that the Philadelphia Inquirer had decided [...]
Atheists Go!
By Ali CahillTuesday, April 28th, 2009
This New York Times article gets +5 for mentioning Obama’s speech (“non-believers”; see Tim’s Out on [...]
Globalization in literature
By Justin SachseTuesday, April 21st, 2009
I used to be incredibly afraid of globalization. As an aspiring writer, I was worried that [...]
Make Your Own Fonts!
By Ali CahillWednesday, April 15th, 2009
I realize my posts are almost always about some weird technology, but I found this website, [...]
The perks of not reproducing
By Jordan SchillingMonday, April 13th, 2009
I read an article in this month’s issue of The Advocate that assuaged my fears concerning [...]
The Future of the Publishing Industry
By Jen FromalWednesday, April 8th, 2009
A couple weeks ago I read an article about the apparent demise of the publishing industry [...]
Diatribe Against Experience
By Ali CahillTuesday, April 7th, 2009
Most of the time, I think of experience as a catch-22 — you need experience to [...]




