books The Abominable Mr Seabrook: a sympathetic biography of an unsympathetic, forgotten literary legend Cory Doctorow

politics Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker's new Political Objects online anthology with Luc Sante, Lydia Millet, etc. David Pescovitz

Kids What's the provenance of the stylized S from school? Andrea James

design AxiDraw v3 promises even more machine-drawn delights Andrea James

science fiction Sean Williams is going to Antarctica to research a contrafactual War of the Worlds retelling Cory Doctorow

art Quran hand-lettered in gold on transparent black silk Andrea James

happy mutants Behold, the short-lived, wonderful 19th century Waverley Type-Writer Cory Doctorow

books Bad Sex in Fiction Award finalists David Pescovitz

politics Letter to my black daughter under a Trump presidency Maureen Herman

politics How science fiction can help us survive Trump's America Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Rebecca Solnit's open letter to Trump: You should really visit New York some time Cory Doctorow

russia Learn the Russian alphabet in ten minutes Andrea James

science fiction RIP science fiction great Sheri Tepper Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Blot: correspondence between Jonathan Lethem and Laurence A. Rickels about Philip K Dick Cory Doctorow

art How pros make gradient calligraphy on iPads Andrea James

happy mutants Computer-mining poetry from the New York Times's obituary headlines Cory Doctorow

science fiction Help fund another year for excellent, diverse science fiction with Strange Horizons Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Diverse fantasy writers of non-European-derived worlds: Tor.com opening for novella submissions Cory Doctorow

censorship Writer in 29th year of solitary confinement barred from reading his own book Cory Doctorow

politics Compare Trump and Clinton's debate strengths with this one weird "South Park" trick Xeni Jardin