Tomorrow I return to the classroom at the University of Pittsburgh for another semester. As I imagine that this will also mean I’m about to be considerably busier, and that this will mean a bit less posting on the ole blog (links or otherwise), some links to mark the occasion.
Disaster and Environmental
Daniel Politi, “Napa Valley Earthquake Is the Strongest to Hit the Bay Area Since 1989.”
Ferguson
Douglas Williams, “Love Me, Ferguson, I’m a Liberal.”
Alexandra Schwartz, “On Being Seen: An Interview with Claudia Rankine from Ferguson.”
Matt Apuzo and Michael S. Schmidt, “In Washington, Second Thoughts on Arming the Police.”
Politics
Erick Eckholm, “US Court to Hear Case on Voting Restrictions as Arizona Prepares for Polls.”
Science and Technology
Rose Eveleth, “So What Exactly Is a ‘Killer Robot’?”
Literature and Culture
A review of Ben Lerner‘s new book, 10:04: Parul Sehgal, “Drawing Words from the Well of Art: Ben Lerner Imagines ‘Different Futures’ in his Novel, 10:04.”
Anthony Grafton reviews William Deresiewicz’s Excellent Sheep in “The Enclosure of the American Mind.”
A review of David Mitchell’s new novel, The Bone Clocks: Alexandra Alter, “A Master of Many Universes.”
And I was waiting for this story to break (and it took longer than I thought). One of my favorite bands, Isis, who has been around since 1997, is finally getting some flack about the coincidence of their name’s similarity to ISIS, the group controlling many portions of Iraq right now.
Humanities and Higher Education
And for all my students this semester majoring in the humanities, show your parents this.
The Hyperarchival Parallax 