February 21, 2013
In a world teeming with tweets, Tumblrs, and status updates, poetry isn't exactly the most modern form of expression. Or is it? Read on for some choice incarnations of web-savvy poetry.
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In a world teeming with tweets, Tumblrs, and status updates, poetry isn't exactly the most modern form of expression. Or is it? Read on for some choice incarnations of web-savvy poetry.
Read MoreNever pronounce Nguyễn as "win" again! With a little help from Vietnam's most celebrated songwriter, we show you how to articulate the vowels of the Vietnamese language — all eleven of them. Join me on a journey to the center of the syllable.
Read MoreEveryone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?
Read MoreHow does one refuse a date politely? Are the days of the "stag line" really behind us? When is it appropriate to dip snuff? These and other urgent romantic quandaries were answered in a handful of etiquette guides we dug up at the NYPL archive.
Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?
Read MoreWhether they were written last week or last millennium, poems have the power to encapsulate humanity's raptures, worries, and heartbreak, and that shit's timeless. Here are some new and not-so-new love poems matched to the whole spectrum of romantic status.
Read MoreEveryone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?
Read MoreThere's no better form of therapy than a well-timed insult, and we got just that on last night's series finale of 30 Rock. Check out this collection of the episode's best zingers, and high-five a million angels each time you get a chance to use one today.
Read MoreEveryone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?
Read MoreEveryone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?
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