Post Tagged with: "2011"

“brb g2g do stufs irl” by Helen Roberts, Perth, Western Australia

topic: CONNECTED medium: TEXT Liesl Schillinger, of the New York Times Book Review, said of “brb g2g do stufs irl”: Quick peek into the mind of a rebellious 22-year old cyborg-cybergirl—that is, a woman who can’t stand being offline. When Anne’s mom sends her out on a date, Anne “missed […]

“Déjà Voodoo” by Toby Heaton, Asheville NC

topic: CONNECTED medium: TEXT Liesl Schillinger, of the New York Times Book Review, had this to say about “Deja Voodoo”: Who is Toby Heaton? This is great. This reads like “The Wire,”it reminds me of Richard Price. I love the dialogue here, the characters feel real. There’s a whole lot […]

“From My Nigerian Connection” by Pauline Masurel, Bristol UK

“From My Nigerian Connection” by Pauline Masurel, Bristol UK

topic: CONNECTED medium: TEXT Liesl Schillinger, of the New York Times Book Review, had this to say about “From My Nigerian Connection”: Pauline Masurel has fun here riffing on the barrage of grammatically-challenged exhortatory missives so many of us discovered in our inboxes over the last decade, sent by enterprising […]

“Disconnected Pen” by Noah Wunsch, NYC

“Disconnected Pen” by Noah Wunsch, NYC

topic: CONNECTED medium: TEXT Liesl Schillinger, of the New York Times Book Review, had this to say about “Disconnected Pen”: This is a great subject, and a low-key but powerful demonstration of how 21st -century communication technologies are changing the way people live—and die— before any of us has had […]

Home Sweet Home: An Event in NYC, October 2011

topic: EVENT medium: PHOTO

“Timor Highway” by Michael Brown

topic: CONNECTED medium: TEXT Liesl Schillinger, of the New York Times Book Review, had this to say about “Timor Highway”: While this story doesn’t adhere to the theme of the contest—“Being Connected in the 21st Century”—as directly as the others, it shows that connections of love, duty and loyalty don’t […]

“Half a Toast” by Miriam Zolin, Melbourne Australia

“Half a Toast” by Miriam Zolin, Melbourne Australia

topic: CONNECTED medium: TEXT Liesl Schillinger, of the New York Times Book Review, had this to say about “Half a Toast”: I liked the way this story kept me guessing, even though it was short. And after reading it once, I read it again, with new appreciation for the author’s […]

Photos from the Growing Up + Old on the Lower East Side (@ The BMW Guggenheim Lab)

There’s an old saying that goes, ‘you can never go home again’. This may mean the bookstore that you spent your childhood in was replaced by another Trader Joe’s, or, maybe those sweet old neighbors moved away after 30 years. These types of changes are sometimes hard to bear when […]

“UN PERO EN LA GARGANTA” by Viviana Goelkel, Marias sur Seine

Blu me había dicho que él sabía digerir bien los nudos, sólo por eso yo me tomé todo el viaje despacito, sin preocuparme por la salud. En diciembre se arregla todo – soñé yo- con las fiestas, la noche y una buena compañía tocándote las manos. Pero Blu no supo […]