MIT chooses Facebook over poetry…and one student is pissed. (Thanks, Harriet.)
If Obama won’t defend big government, Jonathan Cohn at The New Republic will.
Flavorpill takes on The Guardian‘s claim that essential books have disappeared from our culture, citing The Road, Infinite Jest, White Teeth, and more.
The mad scientist at The Burger Lab investigates the case of the McDonald’s hamburger that refused to die, and we’ll be damned if that burger doesn’t look as good at twelve as it did the day it was born!
Ever wonder what Elvira, August Kleinzahler, Mos Def, or the dudes from the Black Keys might buy on a trip to the record store? The site’s kind of cheesy, but Amoeba Music’s “What’s in Your Bag?” feature is terrific fun.
Steve McCurry, the legendary travel and war photographer, has a blog, and it’s full of his typically lovely and harrowing images.
Lit nerds represent! An abecedarium of book titles.
Out of Print Clothing: Wear your Favorite Book!
Can you still call it a library if there are no books?
Bet you never heard of Maggot Monets. The Scientist reports that a Southeastern Louisiana University researcher uses art made by maggots to attract students to the field of forensic entomology.
