apps Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones's last major project was this Canterbury Tales app David Pescovitz
poetry The oldest written record of "fuck" has been discovered — and it comes from a plague quarantine Thom Dunn
music Celebrate Valentine's Day with this playlist of love songs that other songwriters wish they wrote Thom Dunn
fixed it for you Scholar finds John Milton's copy of Shakespeare, marked up with corrections and improvements Clive Thompson
Spoken Word with Electronics My Unfinished Sound Project with David Berman (Hear: "Governors on Sominex", "The Moon", and "My Life at Home During Banking Hours") Ethan Persoff
poetry Joy Harjo named 23rd Poet Laureate, first Native American to serve in U.S. position of honor Xeni Jardin
Business Business schools are shuttering full-time MBA programs, citing low enrollment, millennials Cory Doctorow
music Video for Patti Smith's gorgeous tribute to avant-garde poet/dramatist Antonin Artaud David Pescovitz
libraries The New York Public Library's curious collection of authors' personal items David Pescovitz
video New York Public Library making it easier to See Dickens' desk, Woolf's cane, and Kerouac’s boots Andrea James