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Writing and reading are attached at the hip so write more to be hip.
02/06/2020

Writing and reading are attached at the hip so write more to be hip.

In 2020, our theme for the Lecture Series and Literacyworks Center workshops will be the Transformative Power of Writing. Writing and reading go hand-in-hand. You need to read to write well and write to read well.

This puts my outbursts to shame (and yours too, probably):"The outburst originated from active region right near the rig...
06/12/2014

This puts my outbursts to shame (and yours too, probably):

"The outburst originated from active region right near the right edge of the Sun. After the eruption, cascades of magnetic loops spun up above the area as the magnetic fields tried to reorganize themselves. When viewed in profile, they put on a marvelous display of solar activity. The images are a combination of two wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light (at 171 and 304 Angstroms). Credit: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory."

04/18/2014

And they're delicious... mostly.

"Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe...
04/09/2014

"Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there." Truman Capote

Editors at The American Scholar magazine picked the 10 best sentences from fiction and nonfiction, with authors ranging from Toni Morrison to James Joyce.

Freeze, thaw, and repeat— for 5,300 years.
11/27/2013

Freeze, thaw, and repeat— for 5,300 years.

Producer Andy Mills takes a close look at Ötzi's ink -- the roughly 5,300-year-old Iceman has more than 50 tattoos etched into his skin. (PS: If you haven't listened yet, check out our latest short, all about Ötzi, An Ice-Cold Case).

Author and Hip Mama founding editor, Ariel Gore, redefines her own limitations after the death of her mother.
08/26/2013

Author and Hip Mama founding editor, Ariel Gore, redefines her own limitations after the death of her mother.

A performer's tale of making it on the streets with a couple balloons in his pocket, and the best tip ever. By Nathan Da...
08/21/2013

A performer's tale of making it on the streets with a couple balloons in his pocket, and the best tip ever. By Nathan Dalton

Greg Fisher crosses the line of law, following the curve of nature on nubby mountain bike tires. Later, he squats and hi...
08/06/2013

Greg Fisher crosses the line of law, following the curve of nature on nubby mountain bike tires. Later, he squats and hides in the underbrush.

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