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Committed to the eradication of illiteracy "by any means necessary," RIF was formed in 1973 by a coalition of dissident…

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A Mark Twain short story, written in 1898, and set a few years into the future, posits the global ubiquity…

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Clever little Easter eggs in this article about the history of My Fair Lady refer to lyrics from the show.…

Emily Short’s advice on writing great game protagonists

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At GDC 2015, noted interactive fiction game designer Emily Short (Galatea, Counterfeit Monkey) gave a microtalk on how to create a…

This Is Your Brain on Writing

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When I teach creative writing, I notice that novices frequently write as if describing a what a TV screen would…

Witness Accounts in Midtown Hammer Attack Show the Power of False Memory

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Two people who saw a police encounter on Wednesday reported different details; surveillance videotape showed that both of them were…

Verizon’s $4.4 billion deal for AOL sends AOL stock on a tear

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Verizon has experimented with journalism before, briefly running Sugarstring -- where reporters were banned from covering issues like government surveilance…

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Mark Bauerlein's essay "What's the Point of a Professor?" muses on how the professional pressure on professors affects their availablity…