Born in 1790 just a few months after George Washington took office, John Tyler was America’s 10th president, serving from 18 ...

I love this gorgeous woodblock print from Hasui Kawase, View of Azalea Garden from Mt. Fuji. Hasui was a significant ...

I love this gorgeous woodblock print from Hasui Kawase, View of Azalea Garden from Mt. Fuji. Hasui was a significant influence on Studio Ghibli & Hayao Miyazaki. After all, the influence of Kawase on ...

In this video, musician Armin Küpper performs a saxophone duet with the echo of his past self by playing near the end of a ...

In a recent Vlogbrothers video and in his newsletter, Hank Green talked about how we don’t take enough notice of the thing ...

The Quilters (trailer) is a short documentary about a group of men in a Missouri prison who spend 40 hours a week making birthda ...

Apple TV+ and filmmaker Rebecca Miller are doing a five-part documentary about director Martin Scorsese. Apple TV+ announced “Mr. Scorsese,” a five-part film portrait of iconic director, producer and ...

The Quilters (trailer) is a short documentary about a group of men in a Missouri prison who spend 40 hours a week making birthday quilts for foster kids and kids with disabilities. The Quilters ...

This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin: When you buy through links on kottke.org, I may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks for supporting the site! They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean ...

The Quilters ( trailer) is a short documentary about a group of men in a Missouri prison who spend 40 hours a week making birthday quilts for foster kids and kids with disabilities.

In this video, musician Armin Küpper performs a saxophone duet with the echo of his past self by playing near the end of a large pipe. That’s pretty cool. And it’s also a learning opportunity! Hey ...

It’s Friday and so we’ll end the week with a pair of poems. Good Bones by Maggie Smith: Life is short, though I keep this from my children.