novels I'm glad I finally read "The Petting Zoo," the last book Jim Carroll wrote before he passed Popkin

poetry Jim Carroll is one of my favorite poets. Watch him read a poem Popkin

television Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch), RIP David Pescovitz

nightmares The true form of Thomas the Tank Engine Rob Beschizza

science fiction Letter 44 – Aliens lurk in the asteroid belt, sending Earth into turmoil in this tense graphic novel Gareth Branwyn

offworld Why Silent Hill mattered Leigh Alexander

lethem The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem Mark Dery

Into the Future! The Making of Beyond Cyberpunk! Gareth Branwyn