Tag: Guernica original

Michelle Legro: Mercator Turns 500

April 2012

Ah, to be at the center of the world! How Gerard Mercator changed history by creating the first useful map.

Tom Bissell: Solitude at the Fault Line of Literary Culture

April 2012

Tom Bissell talks about the blurred line between fiction and non-fiction, ridding the world of mediocre writing, and Tommy Wiseau of The Room.

Rachel Riederer: Emergency in Slow Motion

April 2012

“The Island President,” a new film about the crisis in the Maldives, wants to change the way we talk about climate change.