Every Friday, we share a handful of links that we found funny, provocative or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Have a great weekend!
Do you ever feel like you should be able to clean out your closet and find something wonderful, newsworthy and maybe totally earth-shattering? It always seems like that happens to…someone else. Well, Audrey Geisel, wife of the late Theodor Seuss Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) was cleaning out a closet in late 2013 and found an unpublished manuscript! On July 28, Random House will be publishing a new Dr. Seuss book, What Pet Should I Get?!
Mike sent this story from Publishersweekly.com that explains all about the new book, and some interesting perspectives on what it’s like to publish Dr. Seuss. And from Gina is a cool New York Times article about What Pet Should I Get?, which includes an incredible slideshow.
For those who geek out over books, maps, and American literature, this is a treat: Atlas Obscura has created a painstaking, interactive map of literary road trips from the likes of Jack Kerouac (of course), Cheryl Strayed, John Steinbeck and others. Amazing.
Brittany shared this Buzzfeed list of "insane 'Harry Potter' tattoos only Muggles would hate.” Some truly impressive work has been done on die-hard Harry Potter fans!
Morgan passed along a cool story from NPR about neurobiologist Nina Kraus, who believes that she can “predict kids' literacy skill long before they're old enough to begin reading.” According to Dr. Kraus, the neurological underpinnings of literacy are found in how a child’s brain processes sound.
Definitely bookmarking for the weekend: Mike found a “gem” of an interview with the hilarious David Sedaris, who discusses (among other things) his thoughts on writing.
In education news, Slate reports on new data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which found that American children living in poverty are falling further and further behind when it comes to the ability to read proficiently by fourth grade.
We conclude on a sad note: this week acclaimed novelist E.L. Doctorow died. Gina passed along his obituary from the New York Times.
