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

kickstarter Book of rare and previously unpublished photographs of the New York Underground of the 1970s: Bowie, Warhol, Debbie Harry and many others Rob Beschizza

politics Republican lawmaker caught on video dumping water into Democrat's bag to harass him Allan Rose Hill

politics Vermont lawmaker caught pouring water in colleague's bag Rob Beschizza

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