Many of us woke up to Adichie’s account of her struggle with depression, published in The Guardian. The account was beautiful and moving. She shared deeply personal details about her experience with transitioning from denial to the painful recognition that she was in deed suffering from depression. I actually found the raw honesty of the article […]
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Maurice Sendak— “I don’t know how to write a children’s book.” Watch NEW VIDEO
“I do not believe that I’ve ever written a children’s book. I don’t know how to write a children’s book,” says one of the greatest children’s book artist that ever lived. Clearly, Maurice Sendak is just messing with us. Anyway, watch this short video of Sendak—who passed away last month—reflecting on how his ordinary Brooklyn […]
Please, No Text Mining Here
Publishers and professors are fighting over text mining. This is why. Ever wondered what happens to the millions of articles published yearly in academic journals? Who reads them, as horridly boring as they are? In the old days, before computers arrived on earth, Professor Naughty would imprison himself in a cold, dusty library reading room […]
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