- The search for the ancient land of Kush.
- Finale of the myspace series Prom Queen.
- Jonathan Yardley reflects on Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior. I remember perfectly reading this upstairs in the bedroom with the really loud window a/c unit one summer when we were staying with my grandmother.
- An essay by Shaun Tan on creativity and originality. (Via Betsy.)
- Garth at the Millions posts about genre crossing and Chabon’s latest, and Niall adds his thoughts.
- The European Space Agency is looking for volunteers to spend 17 months simulating a trip to Mars.
- Dave Moles starts a new meme (and an interesting one): Ten Things I Don’t Know About Writing.