Normally, I wouldn’t just throw a link up here on the blog without some sort of explanation or witty commentary. + more
Normally, I wouldn’t just throw a link up here on the blog without some sort of explanation or witty commentary. + more
“From certain angles,” writes Nick Davidson over at Outside magazine, “it looks like we’re hanging over the precipice. Climate change-fueled + more
Years ago, when I was flirting with the rather ridiculous notion of pursuing an MFA in creative writing, I came + more
Donald Hall died over the weekend. If you’re unfamiliar with his work, start here. “Fashions have always come back around + more
To anyone who knows her, it should come as no surprise that Courtney is responsible for sending me this link + more
Apparently Swiss-born British philosopher and “writer of essayistic books” Alain de Botton knows me personally: “Work finally begins,” he says, “when + more
The 2017 annual report for Hecla Mining Company marks our 30th edition. It was the summer of 1988 when we + more
This, folks, is how you hook a reader: Start with Noam Chomsky, Deepak Chopra, and a robot that loves you + more
After the first two waves of Operation Steinbock, the Nazi’s final bomber offensive of WWII, “nearly 100 Londoners were wounded or + more
Let’s talk about compounds and hyphenation. Y’all know what a compound is, right? Two or more words, put together, that + more
On a day in which we mourn the passing of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain and learn that Washington Post columnist + more
“Writers think I’m out to destroy their prose,” says Atlantic senior copy editor Karen Ostergren. “Laypeople think I’m a human + more
We don’t normally do politics around here. But “The High Price of Stale Grievances” by Coleman Hughes is a serious, well-written + more
Cumberland Clark—the “Bard of Bournemouth”—was, according to Anthony Daniels, the second-worst poet in the English language.* How bad was he? + more