AvatarfocardozomFrank O'Hara's Lunch Poems: 21st-Century Poetry Written in 1964verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Micah MattixThe collection broadcasts snark, exuberance, lonely earnestness, and minute-by-minute autobiography to a wide, vague audience—much like today's Twitter and Facebook feeds. Some poets shape how we speak. Others use an idiom that, through some combination of chance and insight, anticipates changes in …
AvatarfocardozomWhat 21st-century libraries can learn from this 19th-century institutionverified_publisherQuartz - Angela TungLike most library students, I learned about the Dewey Decimal System, the Library of Congress, and the father of the American public library, Andrew Carnegie. But I also learned about the necessary transformation of the library in the 21st century. In order to survive, it was hammered into our …
AvatarfocardozomThe Legend of Vera Nabokov: Why Writers Pine for a Do-It-All Spouseverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Koa BeckThe rarity of spouses like Vladimir Nabokov's, who dedicated her life to supporting his career, may be hindering gender parity in literature. When Lorrie Moore, acclaimed author of A Gate at The Stairs and Birds of America, released Bark, her first short story collection in 16 years, on February 25th, …
