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Cate St Hill
London-based interior and design blogger Cate St Hill offers inspiration for simple, clever design and light and relaxed Scandinavian interiors.
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Wings Clipped
“I saw that ballet let me soar / into displacement, and yet it also let me breathe / like a hummingbird in jeweled brevity…”
Literary zine Panoply nominates this poem by Rachel Dacus for a Pushcart Prize. -
Foreign Policy InterruptedFounded by Elmira Bayrasli and Lauren Bohn, Foreign Policy Interrupted amplifies female voices on current events around the globe, combatting the industry’s gender disparity through a visibility platform and fellowship program.
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“So, while the lobby of the cancer center is probably one of the most depressing places on the planet, it’s also one that gives me an odd sense of comfort.”
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The Brevity Podcast Episode #1
The Brevity Podcast is now on the air! The first episode features interviews and readings from bestselling author Dani Shapiro and Brevity author and Pushcart Prize nominee Thaddeus Gunn.
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PressThink“Having a space that’s mine on the web — pressthink.org — is for me indistinguishable from owning my own printing press and hosting my own discussion forum.” Jay Rosen’s redesigned space includes a “board” for slow blogging and constantly shifting thoughts.
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“Will we need certifications for neural networks as fit for driving a car or flying a plane? Will an algorithm have to get a driver’s license? Will we trust the creators of the algorithms to not game that testing system?”
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Scrawls of an Idle Mind: A Writer’s Thoughts on Setting Up a New Website
Writer Nicholas Rinth talks about setting up his new website.
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Once upon a time, public profanity was a rarity, but that’s long behind us.
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Back To Basics With Art and Illustration
“Once you let go of any judgement and faithfully transport what’s in your mind onto the page, that’s when you discover who you really are.” Writer and illustrator Millie Ho candidly describes her creative process.
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Make Crappy Drawings
Michael Babwahsingh embraces crappy drawings: “And if you’re afraid your drawings don’t look like the stuff you see online or in fancy books or that people will make fun if they see them, who cares? All that matters is that your drawings make sense to you….”
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Mansfield and Me: Sarah Laing on Comics, Her Graphic Memoir, and New Zealand
Acclaimed New Zealand fiction writer and comic artist Sarah Laing chats about her graphic memoir, Mansfield and Me.
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“Even now, there are still so many teachers around me who have no idea of the struggle we are engaged in for the future of public education. They are content to close their classroom doors and shut it all out.”
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“The concept of authenticity is much over-hyped these days, and it seems to me a sad state of affairs that it’s something we need to cultivate — as if being authentic is just another act.”
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An ultrasound of a beating heart, at last
“There was some kind of moment, some kind of epiphany that seemed intimately linked to an ultrasound—but one that was forever unnamed and forever not mine.” Kelly Westhoff reflects on motherhood and adoption.
