Are you constantly opening new tabs? I currently have 13 tabs open, most of them unrelated to what I’m working on. We open tabs then forget what website we were about to go on. It’s a common occurrence in the life of technology users. We’re persistent tab openers! Now, there is a new app that will use your constant clicking to help you learn something new. Gif courtesy of Imgur Upon opening a new tab, 100 Million Books will recommend a new book for you to read accompanied by a poignant quote from the work. The list of 100 million Books ranges every …
After finishing The Great Gatsby, you rarely forget Fitzgerald’s poetic prose and the hatred you felt for the people Nick meets during his summer in West Egg. It’s a novel not easily forgotten, but only the most dedicated superfans can master the hardest quiz about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fourth novel. Can you score a perfect 10 out of 10? Feature image courtesy of https://bit.ly/2r7spcg
What is the most subtle way to tell your teacher that her punishments are unfair? Well, cite the Geneva Conventions, of course. The Killing Season author Mason Cross’ daughter is going viral due to her witty answer to a test question. When asked about what her teacher could do better, 11-year-old Ava responded with; “Not use collective punishment as it is not fair on many people who did nothing and under the 1949 Geneva Conventions it is a war crime.” We doubt her teacher ever anticipated being accused of committing a war time… The tweet has gotten over 400k likes and has …
One of literature’s most famous couples, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, is still creating news. A little over a month ago, new letters were released that claimed Hughes beat Plath two days before she miscarried and now new work and photos from both poets have been unearthed. Two academics, Gail Crowther and Peter K. Steinberg, were researching for a new book about Sylvia Plath with a focus on unpublished work when they found unseen photos and poems of the ex-lovers. Image courtesy of The Lilly Library Plath scholars had a gut-feeling that there was more work by the two authors out there, …
Reading or watching movies can often be seen as an escape, but books can also be a reminder to address difficulties in our life that we often try to ignore. This type of confrontational literature always stood out to me as the most impactful and emotional form of art. It’s hard to put down a book when you see so much of yourself in a character. Both David Foster Wallace and Virginia Woolf are excellent examples of writers who create anxious characters you can relate to, and who help us deal with such emotions. But more on them in a moment. …
