Hear a fascinating slice of history from the Big Apple this coming Thursday, August 12, 7:30pm, at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, when Joe Flood discusses The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City--and Determined the Future of Cities.In the late 1960s, the RAND Corporation--a California-based … Continue reading Hot Enough For You?
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The Short Versions
Too busy to read? Jason Huff has a solution. His AutoSummarize project uses Microsoft Word's feature of the same name to boil classics of literature down to ten simple sentences.For example, Clippy thinks that The Illiad can best be summed up as "Gods! Gods! Gods! Hector! Gods! Gods! Hector! Gods! Gods! God!"Huff has compiled his … Continue reading The Short Versions
Annie Baxter kicks off the new season of the What Light Poetry Contest
MPR's Annie Baxter kicks off the new season of the What Light Poetry Contest with her winning poem "The Buildup." Her poem was selected by Chicago poet Sandi Wisenberg, author of The Sweetheart Is In, and Holocaust Girls: History, Memory, & Other Obsessions.What Light is a part of mnartist.org's mnLIT progam and is presented online … Continue reading Annie Baxter kicks off the new season of the What Light Poetry Contest
Musings from Magers and Quinn 