The Muppets are a group of puppet characters known for an absurdist, burlesque and self-referential style of variety-sketch comedy. Having been created in 1955 by Jim Henson, they are the namesake for the Disney media franchise that encompasses films, television series, music recordings, print publications, and other media associated with The Muppet Show characters. Henson once stated that the term “Muppet” had been created as a portmanteau of the words “marionette” and “puppet“, but […]

I’m going to begin by recommending a book which exists as an inspiring homage to the power of the written word. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, published in 1845 and written by Douglass himself, is an impassioned, real-life account of life as a slave in 1880’s America. Douglass was a freed African-American slave […]