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Harper’s published a long piece by David Foster Wallace called Shipping Out, in which Wallace, a decidedly non-luxu ...

In 1996, Harper’s published a long piece by David Foster Wallace called Shipping Out, in which Wallace, a decidedly non-luxury cruise person, goes on a week-long luxury cruise in the Caribbean.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band, Talking Heads have released a new music video for their iconic 1977 single, ...

Historian Heather Cox Richardson is now doing visual versions of her daily newsletter on YouTube. Yesterday’s video explai ...

Ok, having been all over the western Mediterranean for the past two weeks, I’m back. *sigh* Here, without comment or context ...

Hey, folks. I just wanted to let you know that I’m going to be away from the site for a couple of weeks for a family vacation. No guest editor or anything…just going off the air for a much needed rest ...