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Monday, December 24, 2012

Neil Gaiman's 8 Rules of Writing | Brain Pickings

Neil Gaiman's 8 Rules of Writing | Brain Pickings
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Do we all secretly want the world to end?

Do we all secretly want the world to end?
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Monday, October 29, 2012

Anxiety: My Monster, My Self - Slide Show - NYTimes.com

Anxiety: My Monster, My Self - Slide Show - NYTimes.com
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Have horror movies hit a new golden age?

Have horror movies hit a new golden age?
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

The 13 Greatest Zombie Movies Ever Made

The 13 Greatest Zombie Movies Ever Made
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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Gas profiteers’ shocking crimes

Gas profiteers’ shocking crimes
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Friday, August 17, 2012

Kerouac's Pocket Journals


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Labels: beat literature, Kerouac

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Rate of Arctic summer sea ice loss is 50% higher than predicted | Environment | The Observer

Rate of Arctic summer sea ice loss is 50% higher than predicted | Environment | The Observer
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Friday, August 10, 2012

This is your brain on the Internet

This is your brain on the Internet
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Monday, August 6, 2012

The 10 Best End of the World Novels - Flavorwire

The 10 Best End of the World Novels - Flavorwire
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Pick of the week: Beware the flying lobsters from Yuggoth!

Pick of the week: Beware the flying lobsters from Yuggoth!
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Fall, Mortality, and the Machine: Tolkien and Technology

Fall, Mortality, and the Machine: Tolkien and Technology
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Noam Chomsky & Michel Foucault Debate Human Nature & Power (1971)

Noam Chomsky & Michel Foucault Debate Human Nature & Power (1971)
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Friday, July 20, 2012

The Trouble With Online Education

The Trouble With Online Education
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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Graham Moore’s midcentury

Graham Moore’s midcentury
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

It’s good to be pretentious!

It’s good to be pretentious!
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Barney Rosset: Literate smutmonger

Barney Rosset: Literate smutmonger
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Monday, June 11, 2012

Is Fiction Changing, for Better or Worse? - Room for Debate

Is Fiction Changing, for Better or Worse? - Room for Debate
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Monday, May 21, 2012

Thanks for the Nod

Named in the WorldWideLearn.com list of 50 writing professors you should follow on Twitter
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Labels: twitter, Worldwidelearn.com

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Twain on Cooper

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/10/fenimore-coopers-literary-offences-mark-twain/
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Saturday, May 19, 2012

I made this knife

I made this knife
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More Zombies

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/05/19/simon-pegg-george-romero-deserves-sainthood-for-creating-zombies/
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Friday, May 11, 2012

Global horror takes a new “Road”

Global horror takes a new “Road”
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Friday, March 23, 2012

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Wisdom from JK

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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Truth vs. Fiction

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Writing Tips From a Few Pros

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/12/john-steinbeck-six-tips-on-writing/
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Female soldiers fight the brass ceiling

Female soldiers fight the brass ceiling
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