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.Oct 17, 2014Oct 17, 2014
Black BalloonThe Best New Books on Project GutenbergClassic, Fascinating and downright strange titles recently added to the free digital library.Oct 8, 2014Oct 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.Oct 6, 2014Oct 6, 2014
Black BalloonThe Sun Don’t Shine on a Moonshine StillGet a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.Oct 3, 2014Oct 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.Oct 1, 20141Oct 1, 20141
Black BalloonEat Prey Drug: Wetiko [NSFW]Continuing his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness, Paul Kwiatkowski confronts a psycho-spiritual disease.Sep 26, 2014Sep 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.Sep 23, 20142Sep 23, 20142
Black BallooninHuman PartsFlash BoomExperiencing the atomic bombing of Japan through the short animated film Pikadon.Sep 19, 2014Sep 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.Sep 18, 2014Sep 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BooksBeginning in Brooklyn and branching off around the world, Andrew Beccone’s eclectic library is making art out of outdated books.Sep 17, 2014Sep 17, 2014