Black BalloonDriving Umberto Eco and the Line Between Writer and WritingMeeting the Italian writer and running into an anonymous porn reviewer both reveal the relationship between the author and the work.4 min read·Oct 17, 2014----
Black BalloonThe Best New Books on Project GutenbergClassic, Fascinating and downright strange titles recently added to the free digital library.2 min read·Oct 8, 2014----
Black BalloonAn Open Letter to Critics Who Won’t Review Self-Published BooksThe deluge of the Information Age has made it difficult to keep pace, but that doesn’t mean we should discriminate so callously.2 min read·Oct 6, 2014----
Black BalloonThe Sun Don’t Shine on a Moonshine StillGet a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.9 min read·Oct 3, 2014----
Black BallooninAdventures in Consumer TechnologyCreepypasta: An Introduction to the Urban Legends of the InternetSpawned on website forums and defunct blogs, today’s urban legends live online — and they’re more horrifying than you’d imagine.4 min read·Oct 1, 2014--1--1
Black BalloonEat Prey Drug: Wetiko [NSFW]Continuing his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness, Paul Kwiatkowski confronts a psycho-spiritual disease.6 min read·Sep 26, 2014----
Black Balloon1986: The Year Comic Books Became LiteratureReleased the same year, Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns” and Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” transformed comic books into graphic novels.3 min read·Sep 23, 2014--2--2
Black BallooninHuman PartsFlash BoomExperiencing the atomic bombing of Japan through the short animated film Pikadon.4 min read·Sep 19, 2014----
Black BalloonWhat a Dying Poet Taught MeDenise Levertov teaches an aspiring poet that it’s more important to know how to live than to know how to write.5 min read·Sep 18, 2014----
Black BalloonThe Reanimation Library: A Home for Misfit BooksBeginning in Brooklyn and branching off around the world, Andrew Beccone’s eclectic library is making art out of outdated books.3 min read·Sep 17, 2014----