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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 […]
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 […]
1. I write in my book about my paramilitary training at the Farm which included jumping out airplanes, firing a variety of automatic weapons, learning how to run or avoid road blocks, undergoing harsh interrogation sessions, and practicing escape and evasion techniques from an ostensibly hostile force in the woods for days at a time. […]
Sholom Aleichem (Шалом-Алейкум) is my newest discovery. He was a Jewish writer born in Ukraine who wrote in Yiddish. His stories are making me consider learning the language.
His real name was Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich. Then he changed it to something even more Jewish for his nom de plume. Something tells me this guy was […]
“Isn’t this great? What a tub? Wonder when they built it—must be before the war.”
“Is it safe, do you think?”
Matano smiles to himself. He looks out at the ferry, and allows himself to see it through their eyes.
Stomach plummets: fear, thrill. Trippy. So real. Smell of old oil, sweat and spices. So exotic.
Color: women in […]
A couple of weeks ago, I fiddled with Kaavya Viswanathan’s book in a store and thought it looked like it would make for fun lazy day reading. When the New York Times Book Review ran a profile on Miss Viswanathan, I was glad to see that the author is young, beautiful and going to […]