Technology
Technology Isn’t Bad For Us, But Facebook Might Be
Navneet Alang
Urbanism
The McMansion is Back, and It’s Bigger Than Ever
John Michael McGrath
||Naoki Higashida. Image on homepage by Kai and Sunny, from their series Caught By the Nest
Society
Like Travellers from a Distant Past: Writing About Autism
Mike Doherty
Lost Library
The End of Doomsday Cults
Tom Jokinen
Poetry
Beautiful Fat Pants
David McGimpsey

Beautiful fat pants, today is our day.
No pretending to read I, Seamus Heaney,
no Skyping with pretendfriend.com.
Beautiful fat pants, beautiful fat pants.

Beautiful fat pants, you remember me.
The reruns...

Shelf Esteem
Sarah Liss’ Totally Fake, Staged Bookshelves
Emily M. Keeler
Interview
The Human Penalty: An Interview with Adelle Waldman
Alexandra Molotkow
Politics
Syria’s ‘Moral Obscenity’ Becomes America’s Next War
John Michael McGrath
Tangent
A Love That Lasts Forever
Linda Besner
Well That Sucked
What Went Wrong This Week For … Terrorist-Watchers
Scaachi Koul
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