From Roger Ebert:
Q. You’re gonna love this: Sciencedaily.com has an article stating, “Worker bees, wasps, and ants are often considered neuter. But in many species they are females with ovaries, who although unable to mate, can lay unfertilized eggs which turn into males if reared. For some species, such as bumble bees, this is […]
The Great Lit Mag Supply Failure of 2007: this one’s for the business school casebooks–the International Reply Coupon, time-honored enabler of any writer sending work and SASEs across borders, is no more.
Joseph Sullivan has posted a roundup of the best book designs of the year. But to my eye they look like they’d be wallflowers at any party where these YA novels would show up to tango. Why is it that the kids are having all the fun?
Also, Kara Walker’s art seems to […]
I went to a writers’ happy hour in Austin. Now, in other cities, people wanting to make small talk will ask dreaded questions like, “So what all have you published?” But not in Austin. In Austin they ask, “So do you have a card for your website?” And boy, do they ever. I walked away […]