The poet, professor, and translator Richard Howard passed away last March and spent many evenings at W.H. Auden’s apartment in the East Village drinking and talking literature. But one night, he was distracted by Auden’s library: The shelves had started overspilling, forming teetering piles. “Richard was already starting in that direction, and he decided he […]
Several Pittsburgh-area professors are trying to embrace AI in the classroom rather than resist the new wave of technology. Chris Girman, an English professor at Point Park University, talks about AI software ChatGPT and its potential impacts on teaching and learning in his office on Monday, Jan. 23rd, 2023. (Photo by Amaya Lobato-Rivas/PublicSource) Professor Chris […]
Taking notes by keyboard, or even worse for some, by hand with a pen or pencil, is akin to the dark ages. It is not a task that most people yearn to do. Otter.ai is a voice-to-text conversion tool that can help you avoid making notes into digital documents and be more productive. 75 years […]
58 Days and 308,500 Steps (and Counting) I really love my job. As a book cover designer, I read unseen manuscripts and create art to swaddle them in, a visual blanket to usher them into the light of day. Working for a major publisher like HarperCollins means my work will be seen worldwide, in airports […]
The following is from Lydia Sandgren’s debut novel Collected Works. Sandgren is a trained psychologist and lives in Gothenburg, Sweden. A din of voices rose towards the domed ceiling of the market hall. Coats were unbuttoned, scarves unwrapped, and gloves held in one hand as customers leaned across counters to talk to cashiers. Martin was […]
On my way to Everything Mason Jars one day, I saw a fancy-candle store. I’ve wanted a fancy candle for some time, so I popped in. Hi, welcome to Everything Candles! We have a hundred different fragrances. I’m Sandra. Can I help you? Me: Do you have a candle that smells like writing? Sandra: What […]
AI programs are here, and one of their missions is to take over the writing space. Large language models like ChatGPT are some of the latest-to-arrive AI programs that can generate a variety of texts. After consuming billions of words from the internet, including sources like websites, articles, and Reddit discussions, the language models can […]
Two Minnesota authors of children’s books and one Minnesota illustrator were honored Monday morning by the American Library Association at its annual Youth Media Awards presentation. Kao Kalia Yang, St. Paul author of numerous memoirs for adult readers and picture books for children, won the Asian/Pacific American Literature Award for “From the Tops of the […]
