Checking in on the Man Asian Literary Prize
Sal Robinson
A quick-and-dirty entirely individual mental rummaging through the titles and names indicates that things are looking good… Read more »
The future of book scanning
Nick Davies
It turns out that when robots aren’t trying to kill all humans in a grim sci-fi dystopia, they can actually be pretty neat. To wit, the Ishikawa Oku Laboratory at… Read more »
The GOP’s only innovative member fired over copyright memo
Ariel Bogle
You may remember the groundbreaking copyright memo the Republican Study Committee (RSC) released last month. The one full of realistic and well-thought suggestions for reforming the United States’ woefully inadequate… Read more »
Humility and compromise are ideal, says Mo Yan, while wearing a shirt printed with his own name
Dustin Kurtz
This year’s Nobel Laureate in literature, Chinese novelist Mo Yan, gave his acceptance speech to an assembled crowd in Stockholm on Friday. While the rich and prestigious prize is always… Read more »
Materials for MOOCs
Claire Kelley
The hot buzzword in academia right now is MOOC, which stands for Massive Open Online Course. The syllabus, course material, and lectures are provided online, so there’s no need to… Read more »
