FEATURED BLOG FROM THE EDITORS OF PURPLE STATE
One of the most profound pleasures of my life has been reaching across the aisle to John Marks at PurpleStateofMind.com. Almost everything about this project was experimental and accidental. It started with John's phone call, inviting me to take a look back at where we were as roommates at Davidson College...More
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MUTANTS AND MYSTICS: A Mind-Growing Trip
How many kids reading comics, envision themselves flying? They may imagine making that single bound off the roof of their home, only to land with a deflating thud (and maybe even a broken arm)? Mutant and Mystics is a throwback to a time when comics and sci-fi first expanded our notion of what’s possible, when adolescent dreams were fueled by the visions of Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Philip K...More
JOHN'S BLOG
PURPLE STATE OF MIND: A Farewell To Arms
by JOHN MARKS States are funny things. One minute, they're real, the next a memory. Purple State Of Mind barely registered as a thought in a few thousand minds, never found its way onto a map and had no claim whatsoever to legitimacy. Yet somehow, for four remarkable years, from October 2007 to December 2011, it came to have a life of its own...More
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FSU, Village Square events host CNBC’s John Harwood; focus on future of journalism
Press Release PDF Press Release Word File For Immediate Release February 2, 2012 TWO EVENTS FOCUS ON CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE OF JOURNALISM CNBC’s John Harwood to speak at Florida State University and The Village Square;joined by leaders in Florida’s media landscape (TALLAHASSEE, FL) – February 2, 2012 – In just a few short years, everything has changed about how we get our information, and John Harwood, CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent, is coming to Tallahassee to talk about it. Harwood will share his views on the changes, challenges and future of journalism as the featured speaker at two February 7 events in Tallahassee. [Read the entire release]
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Tens of Thousands Protest in Moscow, Russia
Tens of thousands marched on Saturday through a city gripped by bitter cold, in a third major effort by Russians opposed to Vladimir V. Putin’s return to the presidency.
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Russian Scientists Poised to Reach Ice-Buried Antarctic Lake
They're tantalizingly close, but other groups may beat them.
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Unique construction project under way at FLDS ranch
An unusual building is under construction on the FLDS compound in Eldorado, Texas. Speculations regarding its purpose range from a place to house a statue of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs to a new temple.
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Arts & Letters Daily (03 Feb 2012)
Artists in the Arab world tend to be politically engaged, says Adonis, who is no exception. But has the Arab Spring made him irrelevant?... more Criticism is secondary to writing novels, said Lionel Trilling, who published just one work of fiction. It wasn't great, and he couldn't settle for merely good... more Touring the Wild West, Oscar Wilde was delighted by a sign on the wall of a saloon, "Don't shoot the piano player, he's doing his best." Alas, far too many pianos now go unplayed... more
