poetry The unique etching and printing process of William Blake Gareth Branwyn

art Online archive of illustrations from old books Rob Beschizza

Science Victorian illustration depicting effects of laughing gas makes science look like a wild party Popkin

art "Seven Magic Mountains" is a colorful "large scale desert artwork" outside of Las Vegas Jennifer Sandlin

books The Metamodernism of Hanzi Freinacht Ferdinando Buscema

Boing Boing Gadgets Bring romanticism into your home with this beautiful and spooky ceramic skull Boing Boing's Shop

beethoven The mystery of Beethoven's metronome Miss Cellania

literature Cornell English Department votes to change name to "Department of Literatures In English" Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets This ultra-bright flashlight, lantern, and headlamp set could be an emergency lifesaver Boing Boing's Shop

Art and Design Group art show at Corey Helford Gallery in LA: "The New Romantics" Mark Frauenfelder

Kids Watch this moving tribute to abandoned pianos Andrea James

books Less than Human, More than Human Jasmina Tesanovic

politics EuroMaidan: a Facebook revolution in the streets of Kiev Daniel Kovzhun

surrealism Nerval's Lobster: Is walking a crustacean any more ridiculous than a dog? Mark Dery