poetry bell hooks, pioneering feminist poet and activist, RIP David Pescovitz

libraries Read Robert Louis Stevenson's handwritten manuscript for "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Gareth Branwyn

writers Rod Serling talks to college students about the craft of writing Gareth Branwyn

authors Strange TV interview with Samuel Beckett in which he says absolutely nothing David Pescovitz

books Award for Bad Sex in Fiction cancelled due to enough bad things in 2020 David Pescovitz

Comics Comics legend Grant Morrison on "The Invisibles" for TV, Wonder Woman, Robert Anton Wilson, and magick David Pescovitz

Technology Steve Steinberg, hacker, writer, friend (1970-2020) David Pescovitz

music Nick Cave: writer's block is actually a "category error" David Pescovitz

poetry Beat poet Michael McClure, RIP David Pescovitz

books The sexy medical researcher in this bestselling 1991 romance novel was based on Anthony Fauci David Pescovitz

podcasts Podcast interview Maureen Herman, former bassist of Babes in Toyland Mark Frauenfelder

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

useful stuff What's in author Richard Kadrey's bag? Mark Frauenfelder

apps Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones's last major project was this Canterbury Tales app David Pescovitz

Science Cormac McCarthy on how to write a scientific (or any kind of) paper David Pescovitz

books For rent on Airbnb: Hunter S. Thompson's Woody Creek guest cabin David Pescovitz

music Patti Smith has a new memoir on the way David Pescovitz

books Inside Roald Dahl's backyard writing "hut" David Pescovitz

libraries The New York Public Library's curious collection of authors' personal items David Pescovitz

books Tom Wolfe, pioneering "New Journalist" and novelist, RIP David Pescovitz