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On the Magical English Teacher in Life and Literature
The life-changing English teacher is a cliché of films and books about high school. But its persistence IRL suggests its based in truth.
How to Find Your Friends at a Festival
We've compiled a list of the most efficient search strategies with the help of rescuers, robots, and sharks.
Clive Palmer Is Actually Headlining a Poetry Festival
At the age of 26 an aspiring bard named F. Clive Palmer published a collection of poems. Now he's set to appear at the Queensland Poetry Festival.
I Was a Phone Psychic Without Psychic Abilities
People would spend $3.50 per minute for my psychic predictions, which were about as accurate as a Magic 8 Ball.
Teen Romance Novels Prove that Kids Love Supernatural Sex Partners
SwoonReads publishes steamy hot teenage romance novels, often featuring vampires and werewolves. I went to one of their recent events to find out why teenyboppers are so obsessed.
Judy Blume Saved My Life
Her books gave me the courage to run away from my dysfunctional home and find a better life for myself.
Adam Federici Allows Disastrous Goal to Alexis Sanchez in FA Cup Semifinal
Reading keeper Adam Federici had a truly awful moment and let an Alexis Sanchez shot trickle through his legs and over the goal line in extra time.
Brainwave Experiment Visualizes Storytelling's Effects on the Mind
Connection Codes transformed the brainwaves caused by hearing a story into a live projection experience.
'It Was Just Banter': We Spoke to the Madejski Stadium Streaker
His name is Pudding and this is his message.
'Becoming Richard Pryor' Is a Nuanced Biography of a Comedy Icon Who Once Lit Himself on Fire
We talked with author Scott Saul about how the legendary stand-up comic became who he was, and how his comedy was the opposite of Bill Cosby's.