Tuesday, May 26, 2015

24 Perfect Word Pairs You Need To Say Out Loud

Together in total euphony. Sound them out... As heard in the classic carol. Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed / Via Garret Carroll / unsplash.com As heard in the poem of the same name by John Keats. Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed / Via Josh Felice / unsplash.com Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed / Via Stefan Ringler / unsplash.com Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed / Via André Freitas / unsplash.com View...

Chuck Palahniuk's Greatest Treasures Are His Past Mistakes

David Bertozzi / BuzzFeed When Chuck Palahniuk published his first book in August 1996 — you might’ve heard of it before, it’s titled Fight Club — he didn’t know that it would ultimately lead to an exceptionally accomplished literary career and shape the rest of his life. Almost 20 years later, Palahniuk has written 19 novels, countless short stories, and even a new comic...
Literary fail of the day. Readers of The Times Literary Supplement – and fans of Philip Larkin – were treated to a joyous surprise this morning. Facebook: Times-Literary-Supplement That's right: the paper had managed to get hold of an unpublished poem by one of Britain's greatest Twentieth Century poets. the-tls.co.uk The piece has now been taken down, but you can read a...

Which Class Would You Teach At Hogwarts?

You probably already know which Hogwarts house you would be sorted into as a student, but have you thought about coming back to teach...

Why You Can Kiss My Mulatto Ass

“The recent reemergence of mulatto identity isn’t about race, it’s about actively acknowledging a multiethnic reality in a simplistically racialized world.” Maritsa Patrinos / BuzzFeed Yo, I'm a mulatto. And I have to tell you, it's great. I was black for most of my life, which is also great, but the thing is I look white and, coincidentally, my dad's also white (he's great...