Berfrois

Urban Sprawl

Worthwhile ‘weeds’ in the city

“I was a rubble rouser”

Irrational traffic

‘I was initially drawn to Japan by its carpentry…’

Peter Sloterdijk discusses sphereology, atmo-terrorism, the foam city and ‘victory over the sun’

Slumming it upwards

Short story: ‘Agreeable’ by Jonathan Franzen
Poetry podcast: Monica Ferrell reads Beautiful Funeral
Slideshow: Ghada Amer’s Erotic Embroidery
Podcast: Dan Chiasson on Lydia Davis
Illustrated book excerpt: Know Your Rodent
Podcast: The Gold Standard and the Eurozone Crisis