If brevity is truly the soul of wit, then your Twitter feed is the Algonquin round table of today's digital Dorothy Parkers and Ogden Nashes. Here's a selection of our favorite tweets from the week; nominate yours by submitting to @blackballoonpub with #twitwit.
Read MoreWe've all heard the claim that urban yoga fetishizes another culture while catering mainly to the white and affluent. Enter Compass Yoga, a nonprofit organization that teaches free beginner-level classes at five different branches of the New York Public Library, in the belief that yoga should be accessible to everyone.
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 More"Bill Peters belongs in the ranks of serious literary artists." Thank you, NYT. We couldn't agree more.
Read MoreWhen Black Balloon assigned me to revisit the
genre of chick lit through the lens of modern authors, one of my editors said, “Tell her to drink a
lot of wine.” Never one to ignore editorial direction, that’s what I did. Then I invited Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Stein, and e.e. cummings to help me out with my review.
My mind kept jumping around as I made my way through Me and the Devil's brutal sex scenes and curmudgeonly rants — not to mention the long dialogue between the two titular characters, during which the narrator keeps vomiting ghost-rats. By the end, I had scribbled down a handful of ways to approach the book, which I present to you now.
Read MoreWhile some artists dazzle the world with their debut offerings, others create their greatest works, or score their greatest commercial successes, late in their careers. Whether you're a fugitive filmmaker, a cab-driving composer, or a writer on a sixty-year losing streak, it's amazing what a little perspective can do.
Read MoreIf brevity is truly the soul of wit, then your Twitter feed is the Algonquin round table of today's digital Dorothy Parkers and Ogden Nashes. Here's a selection of our favorite tweets from the week; nominate yours by submitting to @blackballoonpub with #twitwit.
Read MoreYou don't have to spend the first day of 2013 praying to the porcelain god. Here are some ideas for a smart, fun, interesting, and sober (or sober-ish) New Year's Eve.
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