Reif Larsen
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Founder of The Future of Small Cities Institute (@futuresmallcity) https://t.co/e5Bp7gEKH4 Novels: I AM RADAR, THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. SPIVET.
Troy, NY
Joined May 2009
I'm chatting with the great @shastriav about his brilliant debut THE SEA ELEPHANTS at Harvard Bookstore on Monday, July 24. It's a whirlwind of a book, a queer coming-of-age set in 1990s India, featuring traveling theater troops, love & shame. Come on out!
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Love this piece of visual journalism on the art of translation. Magnificent. A couple of years ago I was working on a documentary about translators, though I never completed it.
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See how a translator carries a book from one language to another, line by line.
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The Museum of Broken Relationships in Croatia
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Anyone can donate a memento from an unsuccessful romance to the Museum of Broken Relationships in Croatia, no matter how sentimental or quirky.
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In Maine, a Rare Influx of New Residents, and a Housing Crunch
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New arrivals over the last few years have fueled hopes of population growth, but workers increasingly struggle to find housing in a market gone wild.
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Tate Modern’s Viewing Platform Is a Nuisance, Top U.K. Court Says. (A nice denouement to my piece from several years ago: https://t.co/3La0rmMaxv)
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For years, tourists could look from the top of London’s most popular art museum into the apartments opposite. Soon, they may be permanently stopped from doing so.
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The Wonders of Street View, a collection of "weird and wonderful" locations on Google Street View. You could lose days to this...
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Explore the weird and wonderful things on Google Street View
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THISTHIS FILMFILM DOESDOES NOTNOT EXISTEXIS
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How artificial intelligence can reimagine art from our past and influence our future.
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Happy New Year! I wrote a short piece about my parents' crazy NYE painting recreation parties back in the roaring '90s. I would often play a donkey or a plant or a severed head. Those were the days.
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The writer recalls how his parents held painting re-creation parties on New Year’s Eve. Friends would work feverishly for hours to become a live Renaissance painting — a tableau vivant — by midnight....
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Teaching a virtual writing workshop at @FAWCCapeCod 11/28-12-2. Still a few spots left! This is the only workshop I will be teaching for the remainder of the year. Open to all humans!
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LIVE via ZOOM: 10am-12pm (Eastern) We all know that feeling of encountering a strong narrative voice on the page. We are infected by its singularity, by its seduction, by its ruts and inconsistenci...
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.@e_flux and the 2022 Tallinn Architecture Biennale asked me to write a short story inspired by the conference theme "Edible; or the Architecture of Metabolism" so I well full carnivore. Hope you enjoy.
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It must be said from the outset that Lila disagreed with the whole idea of Geffen’s father coming to live with them.
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As Warehouses Multiply, Some Cities Say: Enough
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Several municipalities in California’s Inland Empire have halted new projects to study their impact on pollution and congestion, but labor and business groups have warned that moratoriums could cost...
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I'm reading from a new story tonight as part of @FAWCCapeCod's faculty series, with a few other super talented folks. Tune in if you can!
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I'll be reading (virtually) from a new story as part of @FAWCCapeCod's Wilder Words series on Thursday, 9/15 at 6pm. Wish we could be in person but this will do! With @laypay, @CleyvisNatera, @erikatwurth
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Tough week. And climate ruling still to come. Double down on the local. Federal system feels categorically broken at the moment.
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Catie Newell Cuts a Slice of Sky Out of a Michigan Barn
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In the township of Hume in rural eastern Michigan, an unassuming barn stands sentry in a wide-open field, partially covered in wild vines and grasses. Like many Midwestern farm structures, it’s...
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An Exhibition Unearths Rare Production Drawings from the Futuristic Neo Tokyo of the Anime Classic ‘Akira’
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Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 sci-fi classic Akira has had an unparalleled influence on anime and film, and an exhibition at the Tchoban Foundation in Berlin showcases the original drawings that brought its...
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