After struggling with the arrangement of her book of poems, Rachelle Toarmino turned to her longtime love of music to find an answer. She reflects on what makes or breaks an album — its unwritten rules — such as spreading out hits and interspersing them with mood-establishing tracks to offer relief, and found that by assigning songs to her poems she “started making a mixtape”, culminating in her book becoming a curated ‘playlist’ of poems. Read full article here
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The First Solar-Powered Car Comes at a Hot Price
The Lightyear O is a revolutionary electric car powered by the sun. Developed by a Dutch startup, the four-door sedan has over 50 square feet of solar panels on its roof and hood, generating up to 43 miles of energy a day. With production now underway in Finland, the car does come with a hefty price tag at $262,000, but the company hopes to introduce a more affordable version, the Lightyear 2, by 2025. Read full article here