Kat Vellos, author of We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships, shares insights on how to turn a stranger into a friend. kqed.org/mindshift/6612…

The greatest definition of love: themarginalian.org/2015/01/07/tom…

Have you listened to “Bright Bindings” by Countee Cullen on our daily #PoemADay podcast? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poe…

“It’s important to try to write when you are in the wrong mood or when the weather is wrong.” —John Ashbery buff.ly/dtJxce5

“Grand ideas kill first efforts. Begin with something in your range. Then write it as a secret.” —Louise Erdrich buff.ly/8Qkp7ba

How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the “manosphere” niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-th…

Kindness counts. 🧡 🌐 teachergoals.com

Essay: Evie Shockley on Audre Lorde's Biomythography "Your destination is the brave, beautiful, brash, brilliant woman we know Audre Lorde becomes." Read here: lithub.com/a-timeless-tak…

How to live and how to die themarginalian.org/2026/02/15/emi…

Richard Dawkins on the luckiness of death – an extraordinary calibration of perspective themarginalian.org/2026/02/15/ric…

"Where once I pursued conflict resolution with a sort of desperation, I now hold space for the reality that sometimes conflicts can’t find resolutions." ~ Patrice Gopo brevity.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/edi…

A cherished grudge might make it into a novel—but the best writers avoid creating books that feel one-sided, Boris Kachka writes. theatlantic.com/books/2026/02/…

Learn to geolocate. Develop an eye for AI. Archive everything. As bystander and surveillance videos continue to drive major news stories, visual investigation skills are mandatory. Here are five tips to verify video authenticity online, debunk AI-generated content and become a

Today’s Feature: What Sparks Poetry: Kate Partridge on “Woof, This Heat” Read here: poems.com/poem/woof-this…

To maximize student retention, make sure to revisit taught information instead of talking about it once and moving along to the next topic. learningscientists.org/blog/2026/2/12…

An Interview with Devon Walker-Figueroa about "Lazarus Species" "We might be tormented in one way and consoled in another through the process of grief, which is far more mysterious than we tend to give it credit for." Read here: lareviewofbooks.org/article/devon-…

“Morrison often said she thought of her novels as ‘village literature,’ a notion from John Berger that she applied to black culture: ‘peasant literature for my people.’” —Namwali go.nybooks.com/4kwRTJc

"What secrets do your photographs hide, for you to discover as well as for your reader to discover?" ~ John Garrison & Nicole Stanton brevity.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/sti…

“When you have rules like only beige or oatmeal, you’re limited to that palette. When you use all the different colors, there are no rules, there is no editor. It’s very freeing.” ~ Anado McLauchlin

"The brutally honest ending sat in my head: “I don’t know if staying is love or simply the path of least resistance. Maybe it’s both.”" ~ Mansi Bhatia brevity.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/wri…