Maria Popova

Maria Popova is the editor of Brain Pickings. She writes for Wired UK and GOOD, and is an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow.

'The Little Red Hen': Andy Warhol's Pre-Pop 1958 Children's Illustration

'The Little Red Hen': Andy Warhol's Pre-Pop 1958 Children's Illustration

Part of the "Best of Children's Books #15," this story came together when Warhol was making a living as one of Doubleday's freelance artists More »

Mark Laita's Utterly Breathtaking Photographs of Sea Creatures

Mark Laita's Utterly Breathtaking Photographs of Sea Creatures

From stunning stingrays to jubilant jellyfish, Laita, known for his Created Equal series, captures a fascinating and mysterious world More »

'Whale Fall': Poetic Animation Describing the Afterlife of a Whale

'Whale Fall': Poetic Animation Describing the Afterlife of a Whale

From Sweet Fern Productions, this piece was inspired by Radiolab's story of how a whale's carcass can support a community for years More »

A Visual Anthropology of the Last Living Nomads in the World

A Visual Anthropology of the Last Living Nomads in the World

A decade in the making, this is a fascinating and beautiful collection of 150 photographs of nomadic peoples, from Greenland to Turkey More »

'Feynman': A Graphic Novel of the Legendary Physicist's Life

'Feynman': A Graphic Novel of the Legendary Physicist's Life

From Feynman's childhood in Long Island to his work on the Manhattan Project to the infamous Challenger disaster, this book covers it all More »

'Anatomy of Influence': Mapping the Labyrinth of Great Literature

'Anatomy of Influence': Mapping the Labyrinth of Great Literature

In his latest book, Harold Bloom attempts to peel away the layers of a complex ecosystem and help us to better understand remix culture More »

'Nurturing Walls': Preserving an Indian Tribal Art Tradition

'Nurturing Walls': Preserving an Indian Tribal Art Tradition

For generations, the women of the Meena tribe in India's Rajasthan state have been decorating the walls of their homes with Mandana painting More »

Young Hemingway's Letters: A Rare Look at the Author's Tender Side

Young Hemingway's Letters: A Rare Look at the Author's Tender Side

After spending years sifting through the author's correspondence, Sandra Spanier curated this, just the first in what will be at least 16 volumes More »

Never-Before-Seen Photos From the Golden Age of Circus, 1870-1950

Never-Before-Seen Photos From the Golden Age of Circus, 1870-1950

A stunning new volume from Taschen collects 650 magnificent images, including some shot by Stanley Kubrick and Charles Eames More »

On Wisdom, Love, and Optimism: 7 Essential Interview Anthologies

On Wisdom, Love, and Optimism: 7 Essential Interview Anthologies

Andrew Zuckerman, Adam Bly, Hans-Ultirch Obrist, Steven Johnson, and others take us inside some of the great minds of our era More »

One Drawing Per Day: Every Page of 'Moby Dick', Illustrated by Hand

One Drawing Per Day: Every Page of 'Moby Dick', Illustrated by Hand

Former high school English teacher Matt Kish believes that Melville's classic "is a book about everything. God. Love. Hate. Identity. Race." More »

Animation Pioneer Max Fleischer Illustrates Old AP News Wires

Animation Pioneer Max Fleischer Illustrates Old AP News Wires

While heading up the animation department at the Handy (Jam) Organization, Fleischer made a series of humorous news sketches More »

'The Disciples': James Mollison's Portraits of Music Subcultures

'The Disciples': James Mollison's Portraits of Music Subcultures

For three years, Mollison travelled across the U.S. and Europe with a mobile photography studio, which he parked in front of concerts More »

Bananas of the West: Growing Up in Bulgaria With Steve Jobs, Apple

Bananas of the West: Growing Up in Bulgaria With Steve Jobs, Apple

Before the fall of the communist regime, we waited in line for hours to buy bananas -- lines I didn't see again until the iPhone was released More »

'The Magic of Reality': A Children's Book From Richard Dawkins

'The Magic of Reality': A Children's Book From Richard Dawkins

The evolutionary biologist and celebrated atheist offers up a powerful antidote to the creationism mythology for younger readers More »

Remembering Stephen Jay Gould, Evolutionary Biologist, Historian

Remembering Stephen Jay Gould, Evolutionary Biologist, Historian

This month marks the reprint of 'I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History,' an anthology of Gould's essays More »

'Hark! A Vagrant': Witty Comics on Historical and Literary Figures

'Hark! A Vagrant': Witty Comics on Historical and Literary Figures

Scientists, artists, presidents -- they're all here, presented as antique hipsters, in New Yorker cartoonist Kate Beaton's collection of comics More »

Celebrating Audrey Hepburn 50 Years After 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

Celebrating Audrey Hepburn 50 Years After 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

Bob Willoughby's photographs from the 1950s and early '60s of the legendary actress have been collected in a lavish release by Taschen More »

'They Draw & Cook': 107 Illustrated Recipes From Around the World

'They Draw & Cook': 107 Illustrated Recipes From Around the World

From marmalade flapjacks to toad-in-the-hole, this book covers a wide variety of recipes, and a partner site allows you to submit your own More »

'Charles Eames on What Is Design'

'Charles Eames on What Is Design'

One part of the legendary design duo, Charles and Ray Eames, sat down in 1972 with a representative of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris for this still-relevant interview More »

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