The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet include drawings, charts, and lists accompanying the written elements. These drawings are purported to be done by T.S. himself, who also provides each with an explanatory caption that deepens the book's narrative. This is designed to mimic T.S.'s own habit of quantifying the world around him using cartography. Larsen has stated that this technique was not originally intended to be included in the book's format, finishing a complete first draft of the work before he "discovered the margins as a playground of T.S.’s mind." Larsen's parents were both visual artists (his mother a painter and photographer, his father a printmaker),
The Dome at America's Center The Dome at America's Center The Dome at America's Center, or The Dome, is a multi-purpose stadium used mostly for concerts and major conventions in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Beginning in Spring 2020 the Dome will serve as the home stadium for St. Louis' (XFL) football team. The stadium, previously known as the Trans World Dome from 1995 to 2001, and then as the Edward Jones Dome from 2002 to 2016, was constructed largely to lure an NFL team back to St. Louis and to serve as a convention space. The Dome received its initial main tenant with the