Look, we’re only human.
How the world was connected in 1901.
Amazing vintage map of undersea cables from 1901. Reminiscent of the The Republic of Letters project, visualizing Victorian-era social networks.
Lazy Self-Indulgent Book Reviews: The Question Of The Ending Of "The Handmaid's Tale"
Excerpt from reader mail (hi Tyler!):
“I just finished The Handmaid’s Tale (which I sought out because I thought I should be reading more polemical feminist fiction), and I completely loved it and was blown away and cried at all the flashbacks to her mom and her daughter, and I thought it was…
Mr Stone and the Knight’s Companion by V.S. Naipaul
The First Lady Chatterley by D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Two Novels by Nathanael West: The Dream Life of Balso Snell & A Cool Million
Heavenly Discourse
The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges
