What are those crazy kids from Vampire Weekend saying in their new single, “Cousins”? It’s a little disappointing, as the beleaguered translators of lyrics at We Listen For You reveal.
Cousin/Cousine?
Media Studies
How to make magazine apps that aren't completely terrible.
For Science!
Celebrate of the recent discovery of the Higgs boson with the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's list of science fiction stories based on "more or less accurate science" and the recently uploaded sci-fi themed New Yorker fiction podcast.
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New Stoppard on the Way
A new Tom Stoppard play entitled "The Hard Problem" will open next January at the UK’s Dorfman Theatre. The production will be Stoppard’s first new play since "Rock N’ Roll" in 2006.
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Monster Mash
Infographic of the Week: Are you ready for Halloween? Check out this infographic of literary monsters from Morphsuits at Electric Literature. Pair with our essays on reading House of Leaves on Halloween and long hallways in horror films to get in the spirit.
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On Children’s Lit
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Triple Threat
It’s either ironic or perfectly apropos that on the day the royal baby was born, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie teamed up for a rare joint reading.