There are many ways in which the world has changed in the last century: polio vaccinations, personal computers, removal of anti-miscegenation laws, the new iterations of the endless generational cycle of boy bands required to soothe the Old Ones in their slumber. ...Read More
Ancient Grains Archive
Hustle and Prose: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Ancient Grains, Books
Sep 10, 2013
Previous installments in this series can be found here.
Dreaming With Jen Doll: Lucid Dreaming and Making Out With Sam Rockwell
Ancient Grains, Dreams
Sep 10, 2013
Dear Dreamers,
Now that the days are growing darker at an ever-earlier degree and we’re all heading back to school or adjusting to non-summer Fridays and the impending official end to summer, it’s time to look at dreams just a little bit differently.
When I was a kid I read a story about a
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More Accurate Neighborhood Watch Signs
Ancient Grains, Artwork, Cartoons
Sep 10, 2013
A comic about the signs of the Neighborhood Watch from Daniel Mallory Ortberg and Matt Lubchansky.
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“Broader, Better Literary Conversations”
Ancient Grains, Books
Sep 10, 2013
Roxane Gay (who writes dynamite movie reviews), in her first piece for The Nation, takes on another glaring editorial omission:
The Los Angeles Review of Books is most diverse, with 12.9 percent of their review coverage going to books written by writers of color. Bookforum brings ...Read More
Big in Benelux: The Dutch Summer in Seven Songs
Ancient Grains, Music
Sep 10, 2013
You ever hear a song and then apologize to other songs because sorry, you’re not this song, I won’t be listening to you ever again? That’s how I’ve felt about “Papaoutai” for the past few weeks. I’m far from the only one in these parts, it seems, as it’s number 2 on
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“Leader of the Pack,” The Shangri-Las
Ancient Grains, Music
Sep 10, 2013
After collapsing into a post-baby-travel-day stupor at my mom's house last night (all the Gravol, none of the vomiting!), I found myself "watching television," as opposed to "watching individual shows," which I think is the most salient difference between not-having and having a DVR-like device.
If you have a DVR, you record shows
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The Singles In Your Area Are Getting Restless
Ancient Grains, Relationships
Sep 10, 2013
The singles in your area have always been available.
The singles in your area have always been just a click away.
The singles in your area have always been eager to meet you.
The singles in your area are bored and lonely.
The singles in your area have been looking for someone to talk to.
The singles
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This Week in Reading: Francesca Segal and Choire Sicha
Ancient Grains, Books
Sep 09, 2013
Previous installments of “This Week in Reading” can be found here. Most recently: Samantha Irby and Tom Kizzia.
Before we get into our actual books for the week, I wanted to do a last-minute plug for Dorothy Baker's Cassandra at the Wedding, which we'll be discussing with Emily Gould on
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