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fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours ago

Poem of the week: The Butcher of Eden by Padraig O Tuama

A visceral Eden scene portrays God as a butcher, revealing appetite, violence, and a human-like tyrannical divine beneath biblical narrative.
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fromThe New Yorker
16 hours ago

"Above Plakias, Crete"

A solitary pilgrimage up a sunlit, parched ridge toward a small chapel evokes memory, longing, love, and the striving for an elusive spiritual goal.
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fromwww.npr.org
16 hours ago

Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate

Arthur Sze becomes the 25th U.S. poet laureate and will emphasize promoting translated poetry while drawing on philosophy, science, and nature.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

In the Beginning, There Was the Word

Faith, language, and song sustained Black people through slavery and struggle, transforming suffering into spiritual resistance, communal identity, and enduring messages of hope.
fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago

T. Coraghessan Boyle on Danger and Self-Delusion

This is one of my rare memory pieces, in which I mine the past for drama and resonance by way of opening a window onto my own hapless participation in the human condition. That wife is mine, those children are mine, that house was mine. This is fiction, however, and the events have been remodelled to fit the architecture of the story (and, yes, I did make the mad leap from the roof on the impulse of the moment).
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fromAxios
2 days ago

Pecan is a rising fall flavor - however you pronounce it

The intrigue: The debate on how to say "pecan" is still nutty. According to Merriam Webster "puh-KAWN," "puh-CAN," and "PEE-can" are widely used. And depending on which survey you point to, either "PEE-can" (preferred by Northeasterners) or "puh-KAWN" is the most popular way for Americans to say it. Some people have very strong feelings about their preferred pronunciation.
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fromPitchfork
4 days ago

Malibu Announces Debut Album Vanities, Shares New Song

The sea brought small treasures back to the shore that The Girl scours every day. She finds little things buried in the wet sand, she fills her pockets with them and walks back home. She lays the little treasures around the house. She wanders around, from one room to the other ; one is dark and cold. The AC works but the light doesn't when she flicks the switch.
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fromBusiness Insider
4 days ago

14 movies and TV shows you didn't know had roots in fan fiction

Wattpad fan-fiction has produced mainstream adaptations that change character names yet preserve AU concepts, inspiring films, TV shows, and published novels.
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fromOpen Culture
5 days ago

The Earliest Known Appearance of the FWord (1310)

Profanity has long accompanied literature and public discourse and remains pervasive in modern social media and political communication.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won't let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan

Migration from India to Ireland in 1986 revealed striking cultural contrasts: natural beauty and warmth alongside religious conservatism, economic hardship, emigration, curiosity, and limited racism.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Poem of the week: Scallop Shell by Grace Schulman

See them at low tide, scallop shells glittering on a scallop-edged shore, whittled by water into curvy rows the shape of waves that kiss the sand only to erode it. Today I walked that shoreline, humming, Camino Santiago, the road to St. James's tomb, where pilgrims traveled, scallop badges on their capes, and chanted prayers for a miracle to cure disease.
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fromBuzzFeed
1 week ago

A Nurse Tortured My Mom As She Gave Birth To My Brother. Hours Later, He Was Dead.

Newborn Paul died at birth from deliberate introduction of fluids into his airway, a tragic manslaughter concealed by family as an accidental inhalation for decades.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Bryan Washington on Road Trips and Friendship

A road-trip narrative provides forward motion and defined junctures to explore third-person narrative distance, voice agency, uncertainty, and emotional play.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Record-breaker: Leonard Barden's chess column celebrates 70 years and a place in history

Leonard Barden has written a continuous weekly chess column since 1955, setting a Guinness World Record and shaping British chess for decades.
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fromFuncheap
1 week ago
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Free Outdoor Writing Workshops at SF's Salesforce Park (Every Wednesday)

Free weekly writing workshop with Gail Ford offers lunchtime exercises, supplies provided, Wednesdays 12–1 p.m. at Wetland Garden through October 29.
fromFuncheap
1 week ago
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Free Outdoor Writing Workshops at SF's Salesforce Park (Every Wednesday)

Free weekly public writing workshop with Gail Ford Wednesdays 12–1 p.m. at Wetland Garden through October 29; pens and notepads provided.
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fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Free Outdoor Writing Workshops at SF's Salesforce Park (Every Wednesday)

Weekly noon composition workshops run Wednesdays through October 29 at Wetland Garden, free and open to the public with supplies provided.
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fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Free Outdoor Writing Workshops at SF's Salesforce Park (Every Wednesday)

Free weekly creative workshops led by Gail Ford occur Wednesdays 12–1 p.m. at Wetland Garden through October 29; pens and notepads provided.
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fromArchDaily
1 week ago

The Architect as Writer: Expanding the Discipline Beyond Buildings

Language, ideas, and publications shape architecture as fundamentally as construction, with discourse serving as a core practice for conceptualizing and shaping built and unbuilt environments.
fromSFGATE
1 week ago

Inside California's secret luxury pen world

For the past four decades, a massive event older than Dreamforce and TechCrunch Disrupt combined has been drawing crowds of thousands from all over the world to airport-adjacent hotel ballrooms south of the city. Held during the last weekend of August, the gathering is the second largest of its kind in the country and a decidedly big deal for anyone in the know. It's the San Francisco International Pen Show.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Cringe or comfort? Why some Black people code switch' their accents

A few weeks ago, Jason came back from a reporting trip to Barbados and made a comment about how some Bajans thought he was from the Caribbean, because his accent changed when he was there. This was fascinating to me. The ensuing discussion made me realise that all of us had shifted our accents at various times, which got me thinking about all the unconscious ways in which we code switch, alternating between different identities.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

So um, why do we say 'um' so much?

The filler word "um" serves as a quick, effortless conversational tool for thinking, softening tone, and holding speaking turns across languages.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Ukrainian literature: writers' union heresy hunt archive, 1947

In September there was a plenary meeting of the board of the Ukrainian Writers' Union, from which it clearly transpired that some of the Ukrainian novelists, poets, and critics were not doing their duty in promoting communist ideals or the Soviet way of life. In Russia two writers were selected by Zhdanov, in his famous address, as examples of the wrong point of view Anna Akhmatova, who was said to be an escapist, largely living sentimentally in the past and absorbed with her personal emotions; and Zoschenko, who was described as trivial, frivolous, and cynical in his distorted portrayal of Soviet life.
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fromForbes
1 week ago

How Tim Ferriss Writes Content That Builds An Audience Of Superfans

Build a dedicated core of superfans through rigorous content creation and consistent clarity so a small loyal audience sustains a profitable business without millions of followers.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

What Is the British Term for a Public, Open-Air Swimming Pool?

Daily weekday quizzes offer unique topic-based questions, allow score comparison with averages, provide a Slate Plus leaderboard, and enable score sharing.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

My favourite childhood outfit: I am in classic British beachwear a cardigan knitted by my nan'

The narrator inherited long slim hands from her grandmother and grew up surrounded by knitted garments, often wearing cardigans on seaside trips despite mobility limitations.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Juliet Ace obituary

Juliet Ace was a prolific Welsh playwright and original EastEnders writer, known for radio drama, TV and film scripts, and surviving stage-four spinal cancer.
fromTODAY.com
2 weeks ago

What Does the Slang Term 'NGL' Mean?

Cambridge Dictionary says the term is mainly used when admitting something that might be embarrassing, or when someone is trying to tone down a criticism or complaint so it is less likely to offend the subject. It conveys a similar meaning as saying, "to be honest," "if I'm being honest" or "honestly" when delivering an opinion. The website uses examples including, "Ngl, I was staring at his photo for about half an hour," and "That was tough, ngl."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews review a memoir of great scope and intimacy

A fragmented personal narrative confronts suicide, guilt, silence, family demands, and cancelled opportunities with dark humor and emotional acuity.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

My advice to Taylor Swift after her engagement: don't stop writing about your heartache

Publishing candid memoirs about past breakups revived a writing career and strengthened a mid-30s marriage despite spouse's initial concerns.
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fromForbes
2 weeks ago

What's The Difference Between A Thought-Leadership Article And A Blog?

Thought-leadership articles focus on teaching complex subjects, building credibility, and strategic positioning, while blogs prioritize flexibility, immediacy, and varied, often inconsistent content.
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fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

This is why your thought leadership stories aren't getting any traction

Combining expertise in finance, technology, and media produces credibility and clarity that connects complex economic and cultural ideas to short-attention audiences.
fromMedievalists.net
2 weeks ago

New Medieval Books: The Elder Futhark - Medievalists.net

The Elder Futhark is a historic alphabet carefully developed and used by an unknown but highly influential group of speakers of an early Germanic language, apparently somewhere from 0 CE to a few hundred years before. The oldest inscriptions on record (at the moment) appear to date from 0-250 CE and a period of development beforehand is expected. The earliest form of the Elder Futhark consisted of 24 different runes, each representing a sound value and its name, a meaningful noun.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

James Joyce went by train from Dublin to Trieste. A hundred years on, it's a very different experience

When James Joyce first travelled from Dublin to Trieste in 1904, he went via Paris, Zurich and Ljubljana. Zurich, because he mistakenly believed a job to be awaiting him there, and Ljubljana because groggy after the night train he thought they'd pulled into Trieste. By the time he twigged, the train had departed and, without ready cash, Joyce and his partner Nora Barnacle had to spend a night on the tiles.
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fromwww.thelocal.es
11 months ago

'Cojones': Why testicles is the most versatile word in Spanish

Cojones is a versatile Spanish slang term for testicles used in many idioms and expressions conveying bravery, disdain, annoyance, laziness, or surprise.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

"Ichthys"

A river's mirror exposes a sudden, haunting vision of death amid remembered sins and wounds, then returns to shimmering natural beauty.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

They Spent Thousands of Dollars to Go on Luxury Writers Retreats. They Left Never Wanting to Pick Up a Pen Again.

Luxury writers' retreats charge thousands for spa-like amenities, leisure activities, and gourmet meals, prompting doubts about value and who can afford them.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Nathan Heller on E. B. White's Paragraph About the Moon Landing

Elwyn Brooks White became The New Yorker's defining paragrapher whose concise, precise paragraphs culminated in a single perfect paragraph on the Apollo 11 moon landing.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

It's year No. 49 covering high school sports, so let's look back at how it started

Cut from the Madison Junior High basketball team, I discovered writing for the school newspaper offered more power and influence than sitting on a bench. Everyone likes to see their name mentioned, so now I knew I had a big responsibility going forward. It was the time of Watergate and new heroes such as journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovering corruption at the highest level, inspiring future journalists. While attending Poly High in Sun Valley, Pete Kokon, the sports editor of the San Fernando Sun, offered to pay me $15 a week to write a story about high school sports.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

"Project," by Rachel Cusk

A glamorous film star's ubiquitous, youthful public image masks a fragile, doll-like private life and highlights the narrator's sense of insignificance and damaged power.
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

This word-search website is the brain boost you never knew you needed

The next time you're in a sticky situation where you know a word exists but can't quite remember what it is, check out a site called ​Reverse Dictionary​. ➜ Reverse Dictionary lets you provide a phrase describing a word and then get back a list of possible matches. ⌚ It'll take you less than 10 seconds to start using. I've been playing with it for a couple of days, and I'm really impressed with how well it works.
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fromNature
3 weeks ago

Glitch cop

A malfunctioning AI police officer misidentifies a driver, triggers automated enforcement protocols, and causes the vehicle to be seized into subterranean storage.
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fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Cambridge Dictionary adds 'skibidi,' 'delulu,' and other viral internet words

Neologisms from online culture—skibidi, tradwife, delulu—and Gen Alpha have been added to the Cambridge Dictionary.
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fromThe Walrus
3 weeks ago

You Can't Hook Readers If You Don't Trust Their Intelligence | The Walrus

Removing the nut graf restores storytelling's mystery and trusts readers, preventing templated, unimaginative journalism.
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fromBuzzFeed Community
3 weeks ago

Your Cake Preferences Will Reveal If You're Actually A Dog Or Cat Person

This post was written as part of the BuzzFeed Community Creator Program.Interested in joining?Sign up here to be notified when applications open up for the next round of Community Creators!
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fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

"Missing Sheep," by Anne Carson

A narrator secretly longs for a departing loved one, struggles with grief and creative doubt, and wanders through solitude and memory to cope.
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fromThe South African
3 weeks ago

The best AI humanizer may hold the edge over AI detection systems

AI writing tools can generate content quickly, but they often result in flat, untrustworthy text.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

I've spent a decade writing and editing greeting cards. I hate most 'thank you' notes - with one huge exception.

Obligatory thank-you cards differ greatly from heartfelt ones; genuine thanks come when least expected.
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fromAnOther
4 weeks ago

Five Artists Share Their Advice for Keeping a Diary

Artists leverage journaling as a tool for creativity and self-discovery, with practices like 'morning pages' offering structure and insight.
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fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

Play Laugh Lines No. 33: On the Phone

Jamaica Kincaid discusses her writing journey and the emergence of her voice in her latest essay collection.
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fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

Miriam Toews on Saying Yes to Life's Possibilities

A cousin's story of leaving a Mennonite community for Oxford University inspired a tale of mystery, tragedy, and the struggle between isolation and possibilities.
fromKqed
2 months ago

Oakland Novelist Challenges Misconceptions About Teen Moms in New Book

I also did journaling for each of the characters in this book. This was a process because I was creating three first-person perspectives of girls in similar demographics from the same place, going through very similar experiences. But each of them has a different perspective and a different kind of foundational sense of the world that changes the way that she interacts with pregnancy, with parenthood, with life. And I wanted us to understand that there are a lot of ways to be a good mother and that teen parenthood isn't monolithic and it doesn't look just one way, and that it exists across race, and across class, and across geography, and that we see a lot of different examples and representations of the way that these girls handle themselves and their lives and their friendships.
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fromTravel + Leisure
1 month ago

America's Best Small Arts & Culture Town Is In Tennessee-and It's Got a Legendary Summer Music Festival and Writers' Conference

Sewanee fosters a vibrant creative community through events like the Writers' Conference and connections to significant literary figures.
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fromHackernoon
5 months ago

3 Tips to Become a Sean Evans-Level Interviewer | HackerNoon

Thorough research on the interviewee significantly enhances the quality of the interview.
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fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Stefano Maroni Reflects on Culture, Career and the Craft of Careful Writing

Stefano Maroni is an influential Italian-American writer recognized for his poetic reflections on identity and the American experience.
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fromMedievalists.net
1 month ago

Medieval Love Letters with Ad Putter and Myra Stokes - Medievalists.net

The Middle Ages featured love letters that portrayed deep emotions, despite low literacy rates among the populace.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"An Open Heart," by Jamil Jan Kochai

A father undergoes surgery that leaves a bomb in his chest while grappling with violent imagery and familial tensions over gruesome footage.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"I Was a First Alto in the 1980s"

I remember my voice entering the blend, the anonymous shallows clean and barely rippling, or sharing a duet with Krista, a bent harmony, our first altos meeting and crossing like a pair of notched sticks.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Andrew Marantz on Janet Flanner's "Fuhrer"

Janet Flanner transformed from a gossip columnist into a celebrated journalist, capturing European life for The New Yorker.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Peter Carey on Ned Kelly: Did no one see what I saw, that our famous bushranger was a raging poet?'

Returning to the old manuscript brings back memories of doubt and obsession, reflecting on a journey that started in advertising in pursuit of creative expression.
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fromHackernoon
4 years ago

From Jock to VP: Using Your Sports Experience to Build a Career | HackerNoon

The washed up jock stereotype often reflects a reality where athletes struggle to find purpose after sports.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I'm carrying survivor's guilt': Raymond Antrobus on growing up deaf

Antrobus explains that his father's insults were tied to his father's insecurities, reflecting a damaging struggle with identity marked by racism and family dynamics.
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fromHackernoon
1 year ago

Jeff Atwood on Writing, Optimism, and Fixing the Internet | HackerNoon

Jeff Atwood emphasizes the importance of blogging for structured communication and articulating thoughts amidst the dominance of chat.
fromwww.fourfourtwo.com
1 month ago

Wolverhampton Wanderers Season Preview 2025-26: Worries in the Black Country for Cunha-less Wolves

Wolves' early season fixture list for 2025-26 is more favorable compared to last year, providing a potential for a better performance right from the start.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Andre Aciman on Reading-and Misreading-Emotions

André Aciman's novellas explore the complexities of understanding and misinterpreting the feelings of others.
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fromForbes
1 month ago

5 ChatGPT Prompts To Break Creative Blocks And Publish Great Content Faster

Creatives should publish their content before they feel ready to overcome creative blocks.
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fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

I Wrote a Novel About a Woman So Obsessed With Her Boyfriend That She Climbs Inside His Body. Then, Someone Started Living Inside Me.

The gap between finishing a manuscript and publication reflects significant personal evolution.
fromTMZ
1 month ago

Nick Hogan Checks Out Hulk's NYC Bar Weeks After Legend's Death

Hulk's only son hit the "Slam" establishment, which is located across the street from Madison Square Garden, where the Hulkster famously made his WWE debut in 1979.
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fromClickUp
1 month ago

Free Letter of Recommendation Templates for Jobs & More

Letter of recommendation templates streamline the writing process, ensuring effective and well-structured endorsements.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Caleb Azumah Nelson: Virginia Woolf's London is the London I know'

In those quiet moments, I am reminded of the bustle of the city, or a lover's hand in mine, or the words that I couldn't quite say.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

No one wants to hear about your dreams unless you follow my golden rule | Adrian Chiles

Dreams can hold captivating narratives, but the way they are shared often fails to connect with others, diminishing their inherent magic.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Photo First: Sellwood Moreland's Summerville Street Fair * Oregon ArtsWatch

K.B. Dixon's most recent collection of stories, Artifacts: Irregular Stories (Small, Medium, and Large), was published in Summer 2022, showcasing his storytelling skills.
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fromThe New York Sun
1 month ago

Review: Maen's Manhattan 37 Ultra-Thin

Maen's Manhattan 37 Ultra-Thin is a chic, slim watch measuring 37mm across and only 7.1mm thick, powered by an ETA 7001 Elaboré movement.
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fromMedium
1 month ago

AI is flattening language-and redistributing power

AI tools like ChatGPT may flatten writing standards, but they also redistribute access to expression, challenging the gatekeeping of 'good writing'.
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