On That Disgraceful, Disreputable, (Wonderful) Form of Punctuation: The Parenthesis Florence Hazrat on the Contentious History of a (Perfect) Literary Tool https://lithub.com/on-that-disgraceful-disre…
Submerged memory: C.S. Lewis and the art of forgetting by Henry Oliver https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/submerged-memory-cs-lewis-and-the More information about C.S. Lewis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…
What better place for Negativland to perform than the Internet Archive? Negativland’s U2 parody sparked a landmark legal battle. Later, we partnered to preserve more than 4,000 hours of Over The Edge,…
Most printed ephemera wasn't intended to last. Writer & book artist Eve Scarborough shares what she's learned cataloging type ephemera at Letterform Archive, where fragile paper goods preserve the fin…
How Old is the Universe? #space #universe https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OD080CO3NPM #astronomy
R.K. Hegelman on Fernando Pessoa, “an extreme and singular figure in a modern poetic tradition that views poems not just as texts, but as gnostic vehicles of self-annihilation and worldly renovation.”…
A Soldier Erased From a Dutch Golden Age Painting Has Finally Taken His Seat Again A restoration turns a calm courtyard into a scene of drink, dare and doubt. by Tudor Taritaby https://www.zmescience.…
Update from @brewsterkahle about last night's outage: "We are still bringing up the upload feature, but otherwise we are live and kicking." More here ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/08/17/service-rest…
@boajornada Muita coincidência, advinhavamos nossos pensamentos em comum.
Library ‘illuminates’ art of calligraphy at downtown branch Spokane Public Library is celebrating the art of lettering with local author and illustrator Karyn Jeffrey. By Rachel Baker https://www.spok…
35 Hilarious Reading Memes for Bookworms Who Have No Shelf-Control https://www.rd.com/list/reading-memes/ #books
Nothing is Boring. Arnold Bennett's Self Help And reading advice from John Stuart Mill by Henry Oliver https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/nothing-is-boring-arnold-bennetts Books by Arnold Bennett (inclu…
How A Cotton Bandage Shortage During World War I Led To The Invention Of The Maxi Pad During World War I, the Kimberly-Clark paper company began making bandages from a newly-developed cotton alternati…
These Plays Are Now in the Public Domain. Theatres Should Take Advantage by Chris Peterson https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2026/8/11/these-plays-are-now-in-the-public-domain-theatres-should-tak…
Johannes Gutenberg & the Invention of the Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century was one of the most important technological developments of the early …
Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala The 19th-century novelist Honoré de Balzac was Catholic, French to the core and obsessed with the material details of French society. Yet there…
The Tragedy of Loving Sylvia Plath Sarai Walker on Obsession, Ownership, and Plath Worship https://lithub.com/the-tragedy-of-loving-sylvia-plath/ #books #literature #poetry
Every Novel Is Boring—Until It Isn’t With almost every novel I read, I go through the same arc. At first the novel bores me. Then, suddenly, it becomes the most interesting thing in the world. by Emma…
“Worthless Idiot, Donkey Head” Parodies of Pedantry on the Renaissance Stage By Arnoud S. Q. Visser via @publicdomainrev Pompous know-it-alls were once a mainstay of mockery on the Italian stage. http…
“Funes the Memorious" and Other Cases of Extraordinary Memory In Jorge Luis Borges's story of barely 12 pages, the celebrated writer plays with the infinite in a context of vast labyrinths of memory a…
