Zoë Lance.

  • Link Party: 5/4-5/8

    I’m very, very sorry that I’ve been MIA this week. I have to tell you, it’s been a rough quarter in terms of scheduling: I don’t get home most weeknights until 6:30 or 7 p.m., and by then my brain is mush. But I have a lot of ideas for posts next week, and things…

  • Link Party: 4/20-4/24

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Avocados are very important. 2. This is what happened when the Washington Post sent its food critic to critique a restaurant 80 Yelp users have rated 1-star. 3. Emoji are also very important, especially on the linguistics front. 4. Mallory Ortberg‘s advice to her younger self is wonderful.…

  • Link Party: 4/13-4/17

    There were a few things I wanted to blog about (like my last capstone paper and the Time 100 list) that I just didn’t have time for. #TeamNoSleep, but that’s what next week is for. Anyways, here’s what I read this week: 1. The importance of coffee for Icelandic culture. 2. It’s comforting to know…

  • Link Party: 4/6-4/10

    I was actually really productive this week — must be the Week 2 recharge. Anyway, here’s what I read: 1. A four-in-one about how the restaurant business is reinventing food waste. My personal favorite is the photo essay about the aprons. 2. I also would like to attend the Audubon Society’s school for sick burns.…

  • Link Party: 3/23-3/27

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. This really interesting comparison between evil soliloquies in Shakespeare and Robert Durst’s hot mic. 2. If you’ve ever been curious about how shows like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart get specific sound bites from news broadcasts and stuff like that, this is how they do it. 3. Ephemera…

  • Link Party: 3/16-3/20

    For it being finals week, I’ve had an incredibly productive week — I could get used to that. Here’s what I read this week: 1. A really interesting look at the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Pioneer Girl. 2. A good argument for bringing texting back. 3. A story about two data designers who…

  • Link Party: 3/9-3/13

    A brief bit of unsolicited advice before I get to the link party: I just want to tell all of you that there is absolutely nothing that limits you from teaching yourself whatever you’re interested in and seeking out additional educational avenues. I wasn’t getting the writing experience I wanted from my academic classes or my job, so…

  • Link Party: 2/23-2/27

    I had a great week, and I hope you did too. Here’s what I read: 1. This chat between two editors, who had never met before but tried to get the other to feel the most profound sense of dread and panic from reading an email,  is one of the funniest things I’ve read in a…

  • Link Party: 2/16-2/20

    This week was not a good one for me, creatively or academically. But I’m bouncing back, and will have more posts next week. But here’s what I  was able to read: 1. I like to think that this profile of The New Yorker query proofreader Mary Norris is a projection of my future. 2. Ruth Bader…

  • Link Party: 2/2-2/6

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. An incredible feature on Annie Dillard. 2. The future of cursive handwriting. 3. What happens when pockets of the Internet evaporate. 4. A very interesting take on cohabitation, and what happens to your books. 5. The book that is truly the master class in hailing Satan. And a bonus: Valentino’s…