A World in Pictures: Waldo Hirshberger
His name is Waldo Hirshberger, and his smile in those pictures haunts me. He is my great-grandfather, but he may as well have been an Assyrian cobbler for all the […]
His name is Waldo Hirshberger, and his smile in those pictures haunts me. He is my great-grandfather, but he may as well have been an Assyrian cobbler for all the […]
The beginning of the movie is the end. Joel Barish wakes up disoriented. An orange bong is perched next to his couch, uncharacteristically. Joel gets out of bed, drives to […]
Justin Bieber. Tweens flock to him like Europeans to Ibiza—some because they must, others because they think they must. You probably know about Bieber, or have heard his songs, if […]
I used to teach at an elementary school. This job, at times, made me feel like Bill Cosby. Kids really could say the darnedest things. I witnessed it on numerous occasions, but […]
Having a bad day? Feeling blue about the world and its sorry-excuses for do-gooders? Hop into a bus and find out how much worse your life could be! My friend […]
A recipe by Claribel Alegria Translated by Darwin J. Hakoll (makes 5,000,000 tiny tamales) Two pounds of mestizo cornmeal half a pound of loin of gachupin cooked and finely chopped a box […]
I wonder: Do squirrels and birds and strays feel the meaning of fireworks in their bones? Do they steal away for a bit of rest, knowing that those Strange Things […]
“The works of Mr. Felton blur the line between art and data. They are a poetic haze of information and well-designed storytelling — and of course, the discipline to collect […]
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Kumi Yamashita is more magician than artist. This piece is named Mana and is part of a larger project called Constellation. Using a single unbroken black…