Hidden gems

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02 Sep

Happy Labor Day! Today we’re highlighting ten “hidden gems” from our archive. Also, Walden Green was on NPR’s Weekend Edition to talk about the Worst Song Ever.

  1. Flipping off death by Daniel Kolitz, on grief and the uniqure aura of flip phone photography.

  2. How to be a dance critic by Michelle Santiago Cortés, on finding choreography everywhere.

  3. DALL-e meets Marinetti by W. David Marx and Roni Xu, using AI to generate imagery of the absurd cuisine from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s 1932 tome The Futurist Cookbook.

  4. Nigeria has a bookshop problem. Chidinma Iwu on Nigeria’s influx of open-air markets and thrift booksellers.

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  1. Who's afraid of Imagine Dragons? Molly Mary O'Brien on “rocktimism.”

  2. Rewatching Deadwood with Evan Grillon. On “Calamity” Jane and the false burden of helping ourselves before we can help others.

  3. Against Art Monster, Daisy Alioto in conversation with Kate Zambreno.

  4. The Capitulation of Grimes by Michelle Santiago Cortés. Have we lost something essential to the appeal of Grimes?

  5. For sale: baby teeth, never worn! Chantel Tattoli on why jewelry made from teeth isn’t only a thing of the past.

  6. Remember Club Penguin? Amber Atherton interviews the co-founder. 🐧