literature That time Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald measured dicks Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Updating Hemingway's saddest shortest story for the pandemic age Thom Dunn

Weird Florida Man crowned winner of 2015 Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest Xeni Jardin

offworld Play it now: The Old Man Club Leigh Alexander

parody "The New York End Times" is the parody of record Elías Villoro

Charles Willeford 1971's "The New Centurions" is a novel about "police brutality, racism, public unrest, systemic rot, and poverty" Mark Frauenfelder

video games WRITE 'N' FIGHT is a new video game where famous authors punch each other Thom Dunn

alcohol Why many writers drink David Pescovitz

copyright Winnie the Pooh is now officially public domain Thom Dunn

books This is the best book of the past 125 years, according to New York Times Book Review readers David Pescovitz

copyright What hits the public domain on Jan 1? Rob Beschizza

writing See how stories look when you get rid of all the words but leave the punctuation Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets From the backyard to your desk, this infectious hook and ring game will keep you entertained Boing Boing's Shop

LGBTQ Read this powerful essay about mustaches, Blackness, and masculinity. Thom Dunn

Copyfight Blame authors' fortunes on monopolism, not university professors, booksellers and librarians — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

trumpism Hemingway prescribes a drink for trumpian times: Death in the Gulf Stream Cory Doctorow

web series "Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party" has murder, mayhem, and literary humor Caroline Siede

History The fascinating and ego-killing existence of human wormholes Ryan Holiday

writing Proselint is a "style checker" for your writing Rob Beschizza

offworld Offworld Monday Reflection: Desert wars, desert horror, and Encarta on acid Leigh Alexander