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It means “a couldn’t-care-less attitude,” and it’s a personal mantra for comedian Norm MacDonald.More
Blogger Mark Manson on embracing our negativity as a means of consciously choosing what we really care about.More
Author Neil Gaiman on the magic beyond the House on the Rock's walls.More
The legendary speculative fiction writer on why young people identify with dark, murky futures.More
2017 Man Booker Prize Winner George Saunders talks about his creative process, his fledgling Buddhist practice, and the enduring fascination with Lincoln and the Civil War.More
Editor and publisher Ann VanderMeer is the co-editor of the sprawling anthologies “The Big Book of Science Fiction” and “The New Weird...More
Showrunner Noah Hawley's approach for adapting the series captures the classic film's essence.More
Despite pining for landline telephones, writer Virginia Heffernan sees magic in the potential of the internet.More
Many of us are living two lives – old-school analog and cutting-edge digital. Author David Sax says that’s okay. More
Writer and producer Damon Krukowski explains why we must take care in eschewing analog imperfection in pursuit of more perfect digital sound.More
MP3 formatting compresses audio so that the file becomes 75 to 95 percent smaller. What's goes missing in the process? Conceptual artist Kenneth Goldsmith explains. More
Quan Barry is an award-winning poet and novelist who founded the website ASPHODEL.INFO, which is dedicated to publishing a new poem each week in response to current events.More
When you hear "poet", what kind of person comes to mind? Emily Dickinson in her white dress? Robert Frost in the snowy woods, with...More
A hundred years ago, the poet Carl Sandburg turned Chicago into an American icon. He called it "The city of broad shoulders" a gritty...More
Siri Hustvedt on developing voices on new platforms, all while coping with old-fashioned sexism. More
Writer Roxane Gay talks about tackling her trolls and “writing to the point of uncomfortability.”More
As an acquisitions editor for Penguin Books, Jodie Archer saw many novelists struggling to write books that would sell. Then she went to grad school at Stanford, where she and her advisor created an algorithm to help.More