poetry Beat poet Michael McClure, RIP David Pescovitz

apps Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones's last major project was this Canterbury Tales app David Pescovitz

music Patti Smith has a new memoir on the way David Pescovitz

poets 10-year-old writes brilliant poem about dyslexia and it goes viral Carla Sinclair

interviews Talking Comics with Ignatz Award-Winning Cartoonist Noah Van Sciver Jeffery Klaehn

new york city Legendary East Village corner store, Gem Spa, closes its doors Gareth Branwyn

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

politics Passport and Nobels Jasmina Tesanovic

books Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the making of a whistleblower Cory Doctorow

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

sponsored The Poet of Code Boing Boing

libraries The New York Public Library's curious collection of authors' personal items David Pescovitz

Technology Apple's HyperCard was inspired by an acid trip David Pescovitz

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Seamus Bellamy