A failed poet befriends a bird. Also, notes on the BoomBox of the 18th Century.

#1 Poor Poll

"The Bold Harpooner," trad. sea chantey arranged and performed by Craig Edwards. More from Craig at http://fiddlecraig.wix.com/craigedwards.

#2 preview: The Bold Harpooner

A whaling story set during the 2008 recession.

"Cheer Up, My Lively Lads," trad. sea chantey arranged and performed by Craig Edwards. More from Craig at fiddlecraig.wix.com/craigedwards.

"Yankee Whalermen," trad. sea chantey arranged and performed by Craig Edwards. More from Craig at fiddlecraig.wix.com/craigedwards.

A teenage labor activist versus the button industry, Joe McCarthy, and oblivion.

A love letter to that one homework assignment.

Janna Jackson is Jack Ladd and Anna Schwab.

Life at the border between human bodies and objects.

Jewelry made from human hair: the original social network?

A conceptual weaponization of human hair.

Anxieties about hacked voting technology are nothing new.

A podcast about objects, from the Chipstone Foundation. Hosted and produced by Piers Gelly. Learn more at cellardoor.audio.