by Editor | Oct 4, 2025 | Weirdness
from RealClearScience Are Humans More Stressed Now Than Ever Before? By Ross Pomeroy Zachary Kadolph It’s a common refrain: the world is more stressful, and humans are more stressed, than ever before. Commentators implicate a variety of causes: political...
by Editor | Oct 3, 2025 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Rich Roll JAMES FREY ADDICTION, CELEBRITY, PUBLIC SHAMING & TRUTH: THE PERFORMANCE ART OF JAMES FREY, CELEBRATED WRITER OF ILL-REPUTE In 2003, a book came out that rocked my world—a book that spoke to the deepest, darkest, and hidden parts of me in ways no...
by Editor | Oct 2, 2025 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from Érudit Engagement with “Real Readers and James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces: Autofiction as a Reading Strategy and the Mediating Role of Authenticity” by Melina Ghasseminejad dd Henrik Zetterberg-NielsenAarhus Universitynorhn@cc.au.dk It is an honor for me to...
by Editor | Oct 1, 2025 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from DNYUZ Hunter S. Thompson’s Death To Be Reinvestigated 20 Years After Suicide Ruling Hunter S. Thompson’s widow has persuaded investigators to reconsider the official finding that her husband’s death 20 years ago was a suicide—even though she heard him cock the...
by Editor | Sep 30, 2025 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Smithsonian Magazine Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth The famously reclusive novelist amassed a collection of thousands of books ranging in topics from philosophical treatises to advanced...
