Tag: writing
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A Pickpocket’s Tale A few years ago, at a Las Vegas convention for magicians, Penn Jillette, of the act Penn and Teller, was introduced to a soft-spoken young man named… more ›
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Multimedia/Photos When it comes to hunkering down with at the bar, New York has long been a standard-bearer. Wait, wait, shiver, delight. https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/past-tense more ›
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Secrets of the Magus Ricky Jay, who is perhaps the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive, was performing magic with a deck of cards. Also present was a friend of Mamet… more ›
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Nothing in the city will become simpler: each component entangled in a web of consequence and supernatural side effects. Time to bring forth the spooky programs, the mystic forecasts, the… more ›
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Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he’s got an answer: “536.” Not 1349,… more ›
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Streaming Wars Quartz AfricaThe important stories of innovation across the continent’s wide-ranging economies https://qz.com/guide/streaming-wars/ more ›
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Desire can be defined by three other words: violence, religion, and sex. What we fight for, what we fear and what we worship, what we love and obsess about: the… more ›
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100 Notable Books of 2018 An American Marriage By Tayari Jones. $26.95. Algonquin. Fiction. Roy and Celestial are a young black couple in Atlanta “on the come up,” as he… more ›
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The terms of our surrender were negotiated in advance: tranquility, security, predictive analytics, and infinite recall. We leave behind the uncertain and the brutal, we recant our belief in the… more ›
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Amazon has everything it needs to make massively popular algorithm-driven fiction Amazon is the Voldemort of book events—”our friends in Seattle,” the ominous euphemism goes. The Seattle-based company is famous… more ›