Save It for Your Novel: The Difference in Writing for the Screen Versus the Page — To examine the increasing similarities between television storytelling and literary fiction—particularly their shared emphasis on complex characters and challenging themes—I recently spoke with…
Extra, Extra: An Exclusive Offer at a Shop We Love, June Edition — <p>It’s Midsommar—the summer solstice. And this month we’re serving up an exclusive discount from the fittingly named Sommerhus, a newly opened shop in Carpinteria, California—and, happily, online,…
Is There a God? Stephen Hawking Gives the Definitive Answer to the Eternal Question — “The universe is the ultimate free lunch.”
Exploring Maine's Mountains, Rivers, and Lakes | National Geographic — Paid content for Visit Maine. National Geographic Explorer and photographer Kiliii Yüyan journeys through the lakes, mountains, rivers, and coastlines of Maine, meeting artists, makers, and community members…
Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex — Sex is an integral part of a person’s life, but when it appears in fiction it can sometimes feel hesitant or awkward on the one hand, or risky or provocative, deployed as a demand for attention, on…
Téa Obreht on Writing a Layered, Intertextual Tale of the American West — Belgrade-born Téa Obreht’s first novel, The Tiger’s Wife (2011), set against the landscape of the former Yugoslavia, blended myth, village life, wartime strife and deep grandfather-granddaughter lo…
Ask IFAS: Featured Creatures collection — Details for the Ask IFAS Collection 'Featured Creatures collection', including publications belonging to the collections and contributers
An “Intellectual Monster…” Why Muriel Spark Never Married — High in the Tuscan hills, a light grilling is underway. “Sexually, probably, I could be faithful,” seventy-two-year-old Spark is in the middle of explaining, “though that’s not th…
Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings? — Why is everyone killing off their main characters? In the academic year 2021-2022 at the liberal arts college where I teach, I was startled by the trend. A plot contagion. Nothing is off limits, I …
Cornell Lab Bird Cams — Blue-gray Tanager from the Panama feeder cam The Cornell Lab Bird Cams connects viewers worldwide to the diverse and intimate world of birds. We work to make watching an active experience, sparking awareness and inspiration that can lead to conservati
“when the army comes, the men disappear…” New Poetry by Fatimah Asghar — in indian-occupied kashmir, there are mass graves of an estimated 8,000-10,000 unidentified men & boys, dragged from their homes & never seen again. despite photos documenting their lives, …
Alex Honnold Survives Deadly Ice Falls (Full Episode) | Arctic Ascent | National Geographic — What is next for Alex Honnold? In the second episode of Arctic Ascent, he and the rest of the climbing team are hit by deadly ice fall before attempting a first-ever traverse of the Renl
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Deadly attack on Pakistan outpost puts Afghanistan ceasefire at risk — Two assaults in the northwest region have killed more than 20 people in recent days.