by Editor | Jul 9, 2026 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Literary News
from PARADE Controversial 2003 Memoir Named a ‘Best Book of the 21st Century’ By Goodreads The scandal caused the author to be dropped by his literary manager and lose a 7-figure two-book deal. By Kendra Syrdal Author James Frey appears on Bravo’s, ‘Watch What Happens...
by Editor | Jul 8, 2026 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The Atlantic THE END OF READING IS HERE Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. By Rose Horowitch Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Wordsworth Editions....
by Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from Vox How we lost our sense of touch Touchscreens made life frictionless. They also flattened our relationship with the physical world. by Sara Herschander Maria Montessori’s hands-on teaching methods remain popular today for many of the same reasons they took off...
by Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Culture Music Art
from New Scientist First new open-ocean subsea research habitat in 40 years launched The ocean floor is a vast source of potentially revolutionary scientific discovery – yet it remains largely inaccessible. For many marine scientists, they could only dream of living...
by Editor | Jun 12, 2026 | Culture Music Art
from the LA Times David Hockney, whose art celebrated sun-drenched Los Angeles, dead at 88 By Jessica Gelt and Barbara Isenberg David Hockney, the innovative and prolific British artist who arrived in Los Angeles in 1964, soon celebrating its sun-drenched life and...
by Editor | Jun 9, 2026 | Culture Music Art
from Coastside News The Pacifica Pier is becoming an historic artifact before our very eyes by Chris Hunter What many people are only learning now, in addition to the official name of the pier, is that it was built to carry a sewer outflow pipe from the Sharp Park...
