Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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February 22, 2009 KR Blog

Short takes

RIP Tayeb Salih.

“Cerebral activation patterns induced by inflection of regular and irregular verbs with positron emission tomography. A comparison between single subject and group analysis.” Doesn’t this subject make you want to dance your Ph.D?

“Representations of odor plume flux are accentuated deep within the moth brain.” Isn’t that a nice noun compound?

Apparently the mother tongue is in danger. You are invited to honor it for a day.

Two bloggers with opinions worth noting: Levi Asher doesn’t always agree with David Orr, and Kassia Krozser doesn’t really like DRM (though she empathizes with readers who do).

Have you seen the new IndieBound.org? It’s a lovely layout – very easy to navigate (via Shaken and Stirred).

A report on the AWP in Chicago (via Readerville).

Give yourself a hand.