Better apocalypses
Kind of chaos
I have been considering the microphysics of apocalypses. Not blazing lights and the pale horse of Judgement Day, but smaller devastations.
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Our beat reporters say what they love
Every semester in The Daily Californian’s arts & entertainment department, we welcome a new batch of beat reporters. While they will spend the semester reporting on a multitude of different projects and exhibits specific to their expertise, they rarely have the opportunity to focus on their topics on a small scale.
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‘The Martian’ author Andy Weir returns with moon caper ‘Artemis’
The question on everyone’s mind, though, is not whether “Artemis” is scientifically accurate — that much is expected. Higher on the docket is how this sophomore effort compares to first novel “The Martian.”
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How to be a rulebreaker
Sure, for a research paper it’s probably ideal to have correct punctuation and complete sentences. In contexts such as art, however, rule-breaking and lack of structure can greatly add to the overall effect of writing.
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Downtown Berkeley hosts 3rd annual Bay Area Book Festival
Over the weekend of June 3 and 4, the Bay Area Book Festival took place throughout Downtown Berkeley. The festival featured carnival rides, author talks, book giveaways and other opportunities for writers and readers to connect.
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The author is absent
Reading life closely
This mindset creates dangerous misunderstandings about the value of literature and of the realities of mental illness.
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In translation
Reading life closely
My own culture often feels clumsily translated to my language, like a foreign novel written for an audience I cannot fully join.
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The sky out here
Reading life closely
The rich literary history of this city weaves a web around me that I wonder if I’m experiencing my surroundings directly or rereading someone else’s thoughts.
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Nobel Prizes for the unaccomplished
Theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions, ending a 50-year-long civil war, the synthesis of molecular machines — these are the accomplishments that garnered Nobel Prizes in 2016. Their achievements are truly modern miracles of thought. While this year’s winners showcase their world-changing achievements, we at UC Berkeley continue to toil
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The best part of Paris
One Saturday in mid-June, after months of begging, I found myself standing in the security line at San Francisco International Airport, clutching my passport and a boarding pass for a flight to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. I had an orientation in Paris the next day for my month-long summer abroad course and more books than were entirely necessary stuffed into my backpack.
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