Data centers: What good are they for Colorado? Re: “Dueling policies for data centers,” March 1 news story The Denver Post article about two competing bills in the legislature regarding new data…
Tyrant Style
Selfie by Giancarlo DiTrapano. Giancarlo DiTrapano was a friend, so take all this with a gram of salt. Gian had two arts at which he was preternaturally talented, what we’d’ve called his…
On Angst
Cixous with her children Anne-Emmanuelle and Pierre-François, ca. 1964. Courtesy of Olivier Morel and Hélène Cixous. In her 1977 novel Angst, Hélène Cixous names the quarter hour of Great Suffering—“straight away,” “never…
February 28, Benedict XVI becomes first pope to resign
Today is Saturday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2026. There are 306 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 28, 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope in…
Making of a Poem: Monzer Masri and Robyn Creswell on “A Palestinian, a Sudanese, and the third was a Moroccan”
Images courtesy of Monzer Masri. For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve contributed to our pages. Monzer Masri’s poem “A Palestinian, a…
February 22, White men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery
Today is Sunday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2026. There are 312 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 22, 2022, three white men were convicted of federal…
Reading at Random with Virginia Woolf
Georg-Johann, random pixels, colored by Polyominoe, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC0 1.0. “Let us try then to recapture some actual experience, which seems to have a connection with the experience of…
How to Be THAT GIRL When You Feel Dead Inside
“Slim-thick” mannequins. Photograph courtesy of the author. 1. Adam Phillips, On Flirtation (1994) My mother is a strong proponent of batting your eyelashes in sticky situations; her mother preferred a strong drink…
February 13, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia found dead
Today is Friday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2026. There are 321 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 13, 2016, Justice Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative member…
Jeopardy!: A Partial Taxonomy
Screenshot from “Jeffpardy!” clip. Everyone I know is now on Jeopardy! As someone who writes about crossword puzzles, constructs puzzles, and teaches courses on writing and games, I have found that my…