This Is a Poem That Heals Fish: An Almost Unbearably Wonderful Picture-Book About How Poetry Works Its Magic

"A poem ... is when you are in love and have the sky in your mouth."

Iranian Artist Speaks Her Heart

Plus: Impressions from the reopened New Museum, impending strike at NYU, Islamic futurism, the price of Egyptian blue, and much more.

Hyperallergic • 11h

The hats

You wear a hat, you’re not a hat. State nouns are verbs that we talk about like they are nouns. Hurry, panic, frenzy, rage, funk, stupor, daze, fog, rut, bind, pickle, fix, slump, tailspin, tizzy. Notice that they’re almost all negative… You’re in a hurry. Really? I get that

Seth's Blog • 12h

When Your Parents Are Dying: Some of the Simplest, Most Difficult and Redemptive Life-Advice You’ll Ever Receive

"Death makes human beings seem like very small containers that are packed so densely we can only be aware of a fraction of what's inside us from moment to moment."

The Marginalian • 20h

A cartographer posits that our maps should be messier ....

A cartographer posits that our maps should be messier . “The idea that we must have a crisp line dividing one country from another is often inaccurate when it comes to what states are actually claiming.”

kottke.org • 23h

The Whitney Biennial Is for the Faint-Hearted

I got the sense that this biennial is hiding from the world today instead of reflecting on it.

Hyperallergic • 23h