August 12, 2013 Look A 1912 Eighth-Grade Grammar Test: Predictably Demoralizing By Sadie Stein Via Bullitt County History.
August 9, 2013 Look Under Cover By Sadie Stein Seattle artist James Allen creates “Book Excavations” by cutting away layers of pages.
August 5, 2013 Look Sketches from the Trial of Bradley Manning By Molly Crabapple On Tuesday, I sat in a Fort Meade courtroom, waiting to hear if Bradley Manning would be found guilty of treason. Bradley Manning’s trial (like those of hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, or Anonymous-affiliated journalist Barrett Brown) is a trial of modernity. It shows the old world lashing out against an increasingly uncontrollable future. I was there because I know which side I’m on. A tight community of supporters has grown around Manning. From veterans and NASA scientists to teenagers and retirees, they stand in the hot sun while drivers from Fort Meade scream insults at them. They wear black T-shirts, printed with the word truth. Many have been coming for years. They speak of Manning as a friend—or, sometimes, their child. They care for him as much as for they do for the truth his leaks represented. They take care of each other. Read More
July 30, 2013 Look Elements of Style, Live By Sadie Stein Brain Pickings’s Maria Popova has curated a fantastic selection of books for the New York Public Library’s bookstore. And that’s not all: artist Kelli Anderson did a 3-D papercraft display based on the chosen books, which, in turn, was made into a time-lapse video. It’s all great, but we couldn’t resist sharing this GIF of the Strunk, White, and Kalman Elements of Style collage being assembled.