Is Music the Key to Success?
Source: The New York Times
High-achievers from a variety of industries explain how learning to play music helped make them successful.
Arts & Entertainment
How smart cities can create their own poetry – tech podcast
Source: The Guardian
In this podcast, the creator of an art installation in Manchester, England, discusses how she used real-time data that informed poems written by A.I. and were displayed around the city.
The Marvel of Marfa
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Unlike Andy Goldsworthy, artist Donald Judd created some of his best-known works with unmistakably man-made forms and materials. But changes in nature play a key role in his art as well, in the form of the ever-changing light of West Texas.
Social Lessons from Our Favorite Horror Movies
Source: Scientific American
Click this link for a list of valuable social lessons that are reflected in some well-known horror films.
Women Writing About the Wild: 25 Essential Authors
Source: Outside
This list describes how 25 women were inspired by nature and used it heavily in their writing.
Why You Should Be Reading Wislawa Szymborska
Source: Vogue
Writer Megan O’Grady describes how she is inspired by the work of Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska.
Jack London’s mark on literature
Source: Sonoma Index-Tribune
Professor and author Jeanne C. Reesman extols the writing of Jack London.
In His Own Words: Remembering Poet Robert Hayden
Source: NPR
Read about poet Robert Hayden and listen to him recite part of one of his most famous poems.
Writers Work in Mobile Studios at This Incredible Residency in Massachusetts
Source: Dwell
The Mastheads, a residency program for writers, built five small studios inspired by famous local authors, such as Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne, for its recipients to work in.