Working in bars has re-acquainted me with professional team sports. Professional team sports are arranged to be a constant presence, such that the calendar year is nearly devoid of...
With the passing of Bowie came a smorgasbord of writing on the late great Starman's legacy. Below we've posted a few more that tickled our literary pickle. Hopefully these...
Question from an anonymous reader: Dear Sam Pink, How do I get girls to notice me? SAM PINK: I'm very glad to be asked, thank you. You have done the...
Every Thursday I used to take 3 or 4 trains from my home in Zoshigaya in north-central Tokyo to work at Center Kita station on the outskirts of Yokohama....
THE TALKING BOOK is a literary venture dedicated to promoting thoughtful discussions on the subjects of books, art, culture and the beautiful absurdity of existence. We believe literature is...
The first time I saw porn was a huge deal. I had to make an appointment. That's how it worked in my neighborhood. You had to make...
The sun machine is coming down, and we’re gonna have a party.
In astrophysics, the black star, of semiclassical gravity theory, is an alternative to the...
'I drove a heavy duty f-250 pickup truck. 1990. Blue. 92,000 hard miles. Loose, ineffective brakes. There were a lot of crashes—into people, places, things, whatever was around. The...
by Tal Clapp My parents like to tell a story. When I was a few months old they left me in the care of my grandparents (I...
by A D Jameson
People keep calling The Force Awakens “a real Star Wars movie,” to the point where I wonder whether they’re quoting a Disney press...
Life's a fucking mess.
My resolutions this year are about being more relaxed and in tune with my body and mind, as I’m told they possess all...
In 1964 three attractive Americans in their late twenties wearing fashionable clothing pose for a photograph in a San Francisco bar called The Red Balloon. For...
It wasn’t long after midnight on New Year’s Eve, 1974, that Patti Smith turned to Lenny Kaye and repeated the words of her mother: “So as...
Friend of Spoken Word Inc, filmmaker and writer in Ben Hess has created a literary-minded podcast for writers on the subject of craft, business and everything else...
Years ago I had this job that I hated, but needed, so I put up with it. Most of the people I worked with were middle-aged, single women. They were...
through a stained glass window above a blank marquee Christ washes black ruby plums turning them blue then yellow then green
Pits...It's cold, and the backseat of the car has only warmed enough to keep my breath from showing. Through the window I watch the leafless trees and the bare...
I haven't been single for about eight years. Prior to that, I would have been pegged as a serial monogomist by others. Recently, my girlfriend and I...
