Watt Nonsense
To the Editors: Not to niggle, but Bill McKibben cites one of the mistakes in history that becomes history itself, by repetition: “Vaclav Smil has pointed...
The Pirates of Palestine?
To the Editors: G.W. Bowersock states that “an old though widespread idea that sea peoples invaded the coast [of Palestine] from the west no longer has...
Alison Kinney Encourages You to Write at the Grocery Store
In our monthly series Can Writing Be Taught? we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the process of teaching writing. This time,...
In “The Day the Sun Died,” Violent Sleepwalkers Terrorize a Town
Reading a Yan Lianke novel is disorienting. His plots are both surreal and absurd, presented in a manner that never reaches the pitch of coy irony....
The Best Electric String Trimmers for Your Lawn Care Needs
Fotos593/Shutterstock.com It’s that time of year where the lawn needs maintaining. An electric string trimmer is a great way to take care of grass that’s grown...
50 Moves You Can Use in Your Fiction
Dear Blunt Instrument, I just finished writing a novel and am dreaming up a new one, and while I chafe at writing rules, your piece on...
Watch the STUMPTOWN Trailer: Cobie Smulders Can Fight And I Like It!
Robin Sparkles… via GIPHY …is all grown up and she can fight! At least that’s my takeaway from the trailer for Stumptown, an upcoming ABC series...
Bee Best: 18 Buzzworthy Bee Books for Readers of All Ages
If owls are the most bookish animals, then bees must be the most bookish insects, right? They are intelligent, self-sufficient, and know how to focus on...
A New Literary Prize, Where People Who are Imprisoned Are Judges
In France, literary juries hand out more than 2,000 prizes each year. Paris-based literary journalist Olivia Snaije has reported on many of them. But the new...
Only New CPUs Can Truly Fix ZombieLoad and Spectre
RMIKKA/Shutterstock Current CPUs have design flaws. Spectre exposed them, but attacks like Foreshadow and now ZombieLoad exploit similar weaknesses. These “speculative execution” flaws can only truly be...
