Michael McFee

Michael McFee directs the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. His most recent collections of poetry are Shinemasterand The Smallest Talk: One-Line Poems.

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Aug. 18 2009 6:54 AM"To Read"Michael McFee

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June 8 2004 7:56 AM"Holding Hands"Michael McFee

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Dec. 19 2006 6:10 AM"Old Newspaper Clipping in an Old Novel"Michael McFee

Brow Beat

Crawling Out of the True Detective Rabbit Hole

I Tried a 3-D Printer and All I Made Was Plastic Goo

Neil Tyson's Cosmos: Standing Up in the Milky Way

Bob Gates and Other Sensible Republicans Are Fair to Obama. Give Them the Same Courtesy.

Sandy Hook Gunman's Father: I Wish Adam Had Never Been Born

Jurisprudence

The Crimean Referendum on Joining Russia Is Underhanded, Dishonest, Absurd—and Completely Legitimate.

This Drummer Has a Third Arm

The Many Origins of the English Language

Loved True Detective but Hated the Finale? Watch This Series Next—It Won’t Let You Down.

But Wait, There’s More (Winter)

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CPAC 2014: Steve Stockman’s Awesome Hot Tub Party

The Malaysia Airlines Search Is Forcing China to Cooperate With Its Regional Rivals

Bob Gates and Other Sensible Republicans Are Fair to Obama. Give Them the Same Courtesy.

California Democrats Now Officially Support Legal Marijuana

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Culturebox

Loved True Detective but Hated the Finale? Watch This Series Next—It Won’t Let You Down.

Tokyo’s Incredible Street Fashion

Crawling Out of the True Detective Rabbit Hole

Here Is Rust’s Final Speech From True Detective

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Future Tense

This Drummer Has a Third Arm

But Wait, There’s More (Winter)

What Happens When Hackers Hijack Your Website and Demand a $300 Ransom?

I Tried a 3-D Printer and All I Made Was Plastic Goo

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Business Insider

Former Microsoft CEO Reveals the Best Advice He Ever Got

Daylight Saving Time Is Bad for Your Health

Google's Eric Schmidt Has Ideas About How to Solve Income Inequality

How Much Does the Unemployment Rate Tell Us About the Economy? Not as Much as We Think.

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The Many Origins of the English Language

WATCH: Ryan Murphy’s Normal Heart Teaser Premieres

How Does Hollywood Typecast for a Film?

That is One Precariously Perched Pagoda, Myanmar

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Bad Astronomy

Hubble Watches as an Asteroid Spins Itself Apart

Neil Tyson's Cosmos: Standing Up in the Milky Way

The Lonely Life and Mysterious Death of the Last Passenger Pigeon

NASA Needs to Take the Red Pill

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The XX Factor

Republican Who Blamed Pregnant Rape Victims for Not Taking Plan B Tried to Restrict Plan B Access

Giving Up Something For Lent? Shhh.

Are You Team JLaw or Team Lupita? A Roundtable Conversation.

What Happened to the Military Sexual Assault Bill in the Senate on Thursday?

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Sports Nut

Will Adidas’ New World Cup Ball, the Brazuca, Fly Straight or Swerve Like Mad?

Forget the 43-Yard Point After Touchdown Kick. Presenting the Extra Hail Mary.

Children Should Not Be Allowed to Head a Soccer Ball

How the NBC Doc Nancy & Tonya Alters Our Perception of Figure Skating’s Greatest Scandal

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Video

Video: A Massive Volcanic Eruption on Jupiter Moon’s Io

The Game of Thrones Mixtape, HBO's Curious Marketing Experiment

Where Do Sea Turtles Go in Their “Lost Years”?

An Orphaned Pelican Takes Flight for the First Time—With a GoPro Attached to Its Beak

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Behold

Tokyo’s Incredible Street Fashion

America’s Next Top Farmers

This Port-a-Potty Is the First Sign Things Are Going to Change

The Wild and Colorful World of Ballroom Dancers

The Audio Book Club

Is Slaughterhouse-Five a Rambunctious Countercultural Lark or a Document of Severe Depression?

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