Know Thy Self?
A few months ago, I stood in front of a large image of my state of Virginia, red and blue…
Author: Sarah Matalone
Let’s Write!
You go to Office Depot or Staples one Saturday morning. You are well rested, invigorated for the words to flow…
One among the Madness: the Mob Mentality
In my last article, I questioned the value of the Burning Man festival’s Dionysian tendencies, its egregious sponsorship of wastefulness…
Burning Man’s Burning Horse
What impetus would lead to the construction of a twenty-ton, five-story high Trojan horse? Why, the 2011 Burning Man Festival…
All the Assholes in the World and Mine: In Praise of Bukowski’s Asshole Aesthetic
Woke up this morning and it seemed to me, That every night turns out to be a little bit more…
Why Have I Never Been “RickRolled”? On Being Un-cool on the Internet
You have less than one hundred friends on Facebook. You learned about Charlie Bit My Finger, LOLcats and “RickRolling” many…
ARCHIVED FEATURE: “Finding the Ethos of Route 66 Abroad”
Yesterday was Memorial Day, the unofficial start to the summer vacation season. As such, we thought it would be…
Motionpoems: Catchy Enough to Catch on in Our Poetry Wary Culture?
RENDER, RENDER a poem by Thomas Lux from Motionpoems on Vimeo. Angella and Todd are poetry lovers in an…
Art by Laura Bell
“Imagination plays a large role in our acceptance of something as true or false, legitimate or not. In short, I…
Embracing the “Warmth” in the Digital Cold
Most are loath to admit that they don’t pay for the music that they listen to. But music industry sales…