
“The distinction between complex thinking / right-answer thinking increasingly defines the difference between elite educational opportunity and education of the rest.”"If the SAT Were a Key to All Mythology" by Monica Cohen


“The Questionnaire: Ibrahim Abusharif”
March 21st, 2012
“The Finished Copy: An Interview with André Aciman”
April 10th, 2013
“Unenumerated Rights: A Conversation with Akhil Reed Amar”
December 9th, 2012
“[VIDEO] Margaret Atwood, "Positron"”
May 21st, 2013


“The Questionnaire: Nancy Barnes”
March 30th, 2012
“Happiness Is A Warm Glock: Paul Barrett on America’s Gun”
September 21st, 2012

“Dave Barry talks to Tom Lutz”
January 30th, 2013
“Two Great Writers Talk about Writing”
June 12th, 2012
“The Questionnaire: Aimee Bender”
March 26th, 2012
“The Questionnaire: Sven Birkerts”
March 30th, 2012
“The LARB Interview: Francesca Lia Block”
April 23rd, 2012
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"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More

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"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More