When Allen Ginsberg Met the Head of the CIA and Offered Him a Wager
Allen Ginsberg, counterculture icon, and CIA director R.Helms met in 1971 in a drawing room of the Corcoran Gallery, in a fittingly bizarre encounter.
Category: Arts
Game of Thrones: Teasing Hints From Welsh Language and Legends Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight
The events of medieval Britain were a source of inspiration in Game of Thrones. Characters’ names contain hints at events yet to come.
Kardashians Cancelled? at $500k per Instagram Post They Won’t Care
No woman in history has ever been afforded such lavish media coverage. Maybe Diana, Princess of Wales. For now, Kim Kardashian is never out of the media.
Under the Spell of a Generator’s Thrum, a Faulkner Masterpiece Was Born
In 1929, Faulkner was a newlywed who had recently moved out of his parents’ on the University of Mississippi’s campus to an apartment a few blocks away.
The Matrix 20 Years On: How a Sci-FI Film Tackled Big Philosophical Questions
The Matrix reaches for a view close to that of the 18th century philosopher, Kant, who insisted that reality conforms to the terms of our perception.
Did a Censored Female Writer Inspire Ernest Hemingway’s Famous Style?
She is the extraordinary World War I nurse who wrote like Hemingway before Hemingway. She was arguably the originator of his famous style.
A Happy Ending for Game of Thrones? No Thanks
New research finds that exposure to “Game of Thrones” is associated with or resulted in lower levels of just world beliefs.
AUSTRIA PARLIAMENT IN VIENNA
AUSTRIA PARLIAMENT BUILDING – A WONDERFUL WORK OF ART
Austria parliament building in Vienna is a wonderful work of art that looks more like a museum than a political building.
Al Pacino’s Iconic Laughter Scene in …And Justice for All: A Moment of Despair and Disillusionment
Al Pacino’s laughing scene in the movie “And Justice For All” is one of the most hilarious and spontaneous laughing scenes in the history of cinema.
Scientists Have a Word for Studying the Post-Truth World: Agnotology
Agnotology is not often discussed, because studying the absence of something, in this case knowledge in the post truth world, is incredibly difficult.
THE MYTH OF THE DISAPPEARING BOOK
After years of growth, publishers reported a fall in their e-book sales, introducing new doubts about the potential of e-books in the publishing industry.
Michael Jackson Could Have Set a Legal Precedent
In a quite extraordinary French legal judgement, five Michael Jackson fans had successfully sued the former King of Pop’s doctor.
The Real Emily Bronte Was Red in Tooth and Claw, Forget the On-Screen Romance
Adapting Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights as a romance sells better, and plays down the book’s uncomfortable brutality.
DICKENS IS A LITERARY ARCHITECT, NOT A TALETELLER
I just finished rereading A Tale of Two Cities. It was such a burden at the beginning. Then, all of a sudden, I got the author’s point. I started appreciating the delicate structure of his
AMAZING ARTIST PAINTS SELF-PORTRAIT IN FRONT OF A MIRROR
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The Mastery of You
Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans. Life is what happens inside you while you are busy making other interactions. The Mastery of You is an elegant book that takes you
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Again and Again
One Hundred Years of Solitude is seen by many readers as a fantastic piece of fiction narrating wonderful stories in remote exotic settings. Some others have never seen it in that way. They rather see it