Hipsterian Marxism

from The New York Times Young Publisher Takes Marx Into the Mainstream By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER Erin Baiano for The New York Times When Bhaskar Sunkara was growing up in Westchester County, he likes to say, he dreamed of being a professional basketball player. But the...

Lit Graffit’

from FLAVORWIRE Literary Graffiti From All Over the World By Emily Temple Photo Credit: Emily Babb Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. [ click to view full slideshow at FLAVORWIRE ]

Sol Yurick Gone

from The Guardian Sol Yurick obituary American novelist best known for The Warriors, a tale of gangs and street violence in New York by Eric Homberger Cast members of The Warriors, the film of Yurick’s novel, which became a cult classic. Photograph: Moviestore...

Understanding Earth 2012

from io9 The 10 Books You Absolutely Must Read to Understand the History of Earth by Annalee Newitz The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and life began oozing across its boiling, methane-saturated surface about a billion years after our planet was born. But how did...