Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

In response to the criminalization of his unauthorized public murals, Cuban graffiti artist Yulier P. found this ingenious and defiant micro-street art solution:

The murals of Yulier Rodriguez Perez (@yuliergraffiticuba) began to appear on the streets of Havana in 2014. In the words of Deni Ellis Béchard, “He soon established himself as one of the most prolific street artists in Havana, signing his … Continue reading →

As if existing levels of repression and economic hardship were not enough, the Cuban government has now begun to criminalize street art under a recently-enacted dystopian decree. We will be blogging about the criminalization of Cuban street art in the … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
We will be blogging somewhat sporadically, if at all, this week and next as we will be spending our spring break visiting family and friends in wintry New York City and then in sunny Jamaica.…

Answer: When the probability of getting caught, let alone punished, is small. Consider violent crime, by way of example. Our friend and colleague Alex Tabarrok does the probabilistic math here: “In 2017 … victims reported 2,000,990 serious violent crimes [e.g. rape, robbery, … Continue reading →

Check out the sentence diagrams of many more famous novels’ opening lines here, via Popular Science.

There is only one item on our spring break reading list: David Foster Wallace‘s Infinite Jest. We picked up a paperback copy of this massive tome for $1 two Fridays ago at our university bookstore and finally cracked open DFW’s … Continue reading →

We will be blogging somewhat sporadically, if at all, this week and next as we will be spending our spring break visiting family and friends in wintry New York City and then in sunny Jamaica. Hasta pronto …

The last entry in this visual survey of “The Old Man and the Sea” is not a cartoon or a painting; it is a small metal three-dimensional book sculpture manufactured by Fascinations, Inc., a toy company located in Seattle, Washington. … Continue reading →