Pop Quiz! Is This Poet a Beat? A Bot? Or a Birnbach?
To inaugurate National Poetry Month, we present the perfect way to test your ability to discern art from technology. It’s harder than you think!
Literature
Best Weekend: Michelle Obama’s Biography, ‘While We’re Young,’ + More
What we'll be listening to, watching, and reading to sate our pop culture needs.
Best Weekend: ‘Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter,’ ‘Girls’ Finale, + More
What we'll be listening to, watching, and reading to sate our pop culture needs.
Are the Virtues of Higher Education a Lesson in False Advertising?
After years of adjunct teaching gigs, the novelist left academe for copywriting—much to her colleagues' chagrin. Her reasons will challenge everything you think you know about “selling out.”
Best Weekend: “Empire” Catch-Up, Madonna’s New Album, + More
What we'll be listening to, watching, and reading to sate our pop culture needs.
Must-Read Links Roundup: “Broad City,” Consent, Ferguson’s Corruption
The most compelling stories from our favorite sources.
It’s Women Writers, Not Novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard, Who’ve “Struggled”
Meet Dorothy Miller Richardson, a true literary revolutionary, critically praised a century ago for what Knausgaard is lauded for: portraying life's minutia. Never heard of her? Quelle surprise.
How to Have the Best Weekend Ever: Kate Pierson, Estelle, the Oscars, + More
What we'll be listening to, watching, and reading to sate our pop culture needs.
Weekend Agenda: Facing Our “50 Shades of Grey” Skepticism + More
What we'll be listening to, watching, and reading to sate our pop culture needs.