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It’s time to Occupy Poetry
Jeremy Axelrod
Merry pranksters call the Poetry Foundation elitist and beholden to Prozac cash. Are they right, or just annoying?
Klout is bad for your soul
Bonnie Stewart
The social media tool is being taken up as an actual measure of value and influence. And we should be wary
The controversial science of free will
Hannah Tepper
New findings raise questions about our brain's role in decision-making. An expert weighs in
Finally, an Asian who packs a punch
Thea Lim
Generations horrified by "The Hangover" and Long Duk Dong have an unlikely hero in boxer Manny Pacquiao
Why the Washington Post won’t fire Jennifer Rubin
Glenn Greenwald
The paper's ombudsman admits Jennifer Rubin would be fired if she promoted anti-Israeli rather than anti-Arab bile
Stylish textiles for the modern world
Steven Heller
A fabric master talks about reviving the family business, working with new artists and embracing digital technology
Billy Crystal tweets that he will host Oscars
Emma Mustich
The former host tells his followers he's "looking forward to the show"
Karl Rove’s Massachusetts culture war
Steve Kornacki
A lavishly-funded group he helped launch paints Elizabeth Warren as a friend of cop-hating druggies
Attention celebrities: Just stop with the Hitler references
Hannah Tepper
Mario Batali apologizes after comparing bankers to Hitler. So why do people keep making Hitler comparisons anyway?
National Review contributor declares Taylor Swift winner of GOP debate
Alex Pareene
Being governor and running for president at the same time must be hard, and other insights from K-Lo
I’m done writing thank-you notes
David Sirota
Since my bar mitzvah, I've been guilted into this handwritten tradition. No more
Interview: Charlotte Gainsbourg talks von Trier’s “Melancholia”
Andrew O'Hehir
The Anglo-French singer-actress talks about playing Kirsten Dunst's normal sister, and that famous "Nazi" meltdown
Books every designer should own
Jude Stewart
I'm finishing up my own book on color. Here are seven works I've found inspiring
Interview With My Bully: I admit it — I was a bully
Mary O'Regan
I was an insecure middle schooler who picked on my peers. Now, I'm doing something villains rarely do: Apologizing
If Tolkien were black
Laura Miller
African-American writers are taking on a literary genre dominated by nostalgia for Medieval England
Oakland militants talk back
Emily Loftis
At the most confrontational occupation, debate turns to violence and resistance
What would Superman wear
Matt Singer
At a charity benefit, fashion designers dress and create their own superheroes
The fantastic fonts of Art Nouveau
Steven Heller
The short-lived movement spawned a set of delightfully eccentric -- though often forgotten -- typefaces
Why do we care about our ancestors?
Eviatar Zerubavel
The rise of genetic testing has made genealogy more popular than ever -- and transformed our concept of identity
Drawing in a digital world
Bill Kartalopoulos
Despite the marginilization of zines, John Porcellino has found a place for his seminal "King-Cat Comics" series
Rocks worthy of legend
Megan Cytron
From sleeping snakes to fire-breathing goddesses, we explore natural anomalies that spawned fascinating myths
What’s the language of the future?
Henry Hitchings
As English takes over the world, it's splintering and changing -- and soon, we may not recognize it at all
In praise of the late Andy Rooney
Matt Zoller Seitz
Sure, he was grumpy and easy to parody; he was also a great American writer
The drone mentality
Glenn Greenwald
In sum: I have never heard of 99% of the people my government kills with drones, but I am sure they are Terrorists
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