Video: Charlie Chaplin Swallowed by a Factory Machine — Modern Times (1936)
In Chaplin’s last performance as the iconic Little Tramp, his character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world.
Hart Crane: Chaplinesque
For we can still love the world, who find
A famished kitten on the step, and know
Recesses for it from the fury of the street,
Or warm torn elbow coverts.
Stuart Sheppard: Buying Fragments of God | The Crazy Art World of the 1980s
Perhaps the most valuable contributions this memoir offers are the irreverent, yet illuminating, insights regarding specific artists and works.
Derrick Z. Jackson: Care for Endangered Seabirds Continues Amid a 51-Year Legacy of Optimism
Steve Kress’s smile lit up the dusk as research assistants at least 50 years younger than him regaled him with tales of their vigilance to save tern chicks on Stratton Island, Maine.
Video: No Vegans Allowed
This motel decided to ban vegans and their mighty libido.
Sally Bliumis-Dunn: The Milkmaid
And what luxury of looking,
knowing that you won’t be seen
by the milkmaid,
gaze fixed upon her task,
her eyes downcast
beneath a crisp white cap
Susan Kelly-DeWitt: Frangible Operas
Tonight the bells of the flowers ring out
Joan E. Bauer: The Vernacular Landscape
I love how he values words & waits until they grow
hot in his imagination, then OOF FLASH SPAM
Rachel Hadas: ‘The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death’: Wisdom from Greek tragedies for Joe Biden
It’s useful to think about the potential strengths, as well as the vulnerabilities, of age.
Frida Berrigan: The Art of the Submarine
Each of those future billion-dollar behemoths could menace the world with the equivalent of 5,824 Hiroshimas.
Video: Hair Tie, Egg, Homework Books
As a model student in her elementary school, 11-year-old Lin Yuqi is assigned to give a speech about her family at the Parent’s Meeting tonight. But after Lin finds out that she shares the same secret with a mischievous classmate, she starts to have second thoughts.
Video: Frazetta & Conan | Biography of an Icon
Join Sara Frazetta as she uncovers the roots of Conan’s tale, tracing his evolution from Howard’s literary imagination to Frazetta’s powerful illustrations.
Video: Mush Luv
Tony and Ajani, two mushroom foragers based in Minneapolis, spend the day foraging at a local park and musing on the power of nature.
Video: Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita follows life on a mysterious island, inhabited by immortal beings.
