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• What if you lack the ‘penis requirement’ to pen one of the best books of 2009?

  
  Professor, What If...? — Authority: 99
  As reported at She Writes , Publishers’ Weekly published its “Best Books of 2009″ list on November 2 nd . Guess what? It included 0% women authors. Yeah, cuz we all know a penis is defo required for quality writing… Gag. The post included a call to action to submit lists for the Top Ten Best Books of ...
  4 hours ago

• Misc.

  
  Gerry Canavan — Authority: 440
  Misc. * Ezra Klein argues Nancy Pelosi is playing three-dimensional chess . * "Tea Party" is now a registered party in Florida. Excelsior! The skys the limit. * John Hodgman now has a daily podcast . * 40 House Democrats are now threatening to vote no on the health care conference bill unless Stupak is ...
  5 hours ago

• Nanoday #9 — (pre-writing thoughts) on the future of children’s books …

  
  Valentine Bonnaire — Authority: 122
  I came across this accidentally on Twitter, but, you might want to take a look at it? Where are the words? Basically what this is is an interactive game — I once wrote a paper for Pacifica on that — this is what you call a pre-scripted game in a sense? Watch! — at this link. What did George Orwell have ...
  5 hours ago

• The Robbers

  
  Hanoi Grapevine — Authority: 140
  11 Nov - By the famous Friedrich Schiller ----- 11/11 - Vở kịch nổi tiếng Những tên cướp của Friedrich Schiller
  7 hours ago

• Paradise Island

  
  Hanoi Grapevine — Authority: 140
  12 Nov - Di Lis book premiere @Goethe Institut ----- 12/11 - Giới thiệu sách Đảo thiên đường của nhà văn Di Li tại Viện Goethe
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• Philip Gourevitch Stepping Down from Paris Review

  
  Isak — Authority: 433
  I was taken aback by the news, and Im a bit late on it, still: it looks like Philip Gourevitch is putting down the pen at one of the best literary magazines out there, The Paris Review . Gourevitch, who also wrote the classic We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families about the ...
  7 hours ago

• LR Site Launch Day!

  
  silverkeys.writes — Authority: 103
  After much hair-pulling and lip-chewing on my part, the LR Web Site and Blog went live this morning! (Click on the banner to go to the new site) An exciting endeavor for all involved, but especially for me, because I can breathe a little easier (at least for a little while) now that I don’t have the ...
  8 hours ago

• Drinking Hemlock

  
  Dean J. Baker - Poetry, prose, lyrics, prose poems — Authority: 119
  I shall not grow old,into decrepit loneliness; northe thousandplagues upon the way.I shall not becomethe bed-ridden ghost; ofhopes and wishes, nowno more than sediment.Boredom will not begiven the chance to tickmy life from between the seconds:I would rather vanish.Because I know what I wantI shall not become a ...
  9 hours ago

• Janes Predecessor

  
  A Writer's Desk — Authority: 136
  Youve heard of Jane Austen. But have you heard of Maria Edgeworth? The Second Pass illuminates you. From the piece... Maria Edgeworth might be the most important nineteenth-century novelist to have gotten lost in the twentieth. Like Fanny Burney before her and Mary Shelley after her, Maria was raised in the home ...
  11 hours ago

• Fairytales From The Darkside...

  
  Out-Numbered — Authority: 113
  So my daughter is in the 2nd grade and one of the things they do in her class is called Snack-Story Time. Parents are supposed to pick a story, a snack and a day to come to the class to read that story and then administer the snack to the children. The hook is that if possible, you should pick a story that will tie ...
  14 hours ago

• Agent Spotlight On: Joanna Stampfel-Volpe

  
  Write About Now — Authority: 411
  If you havent heard her name before, come out from under your rock. Literary agent Joanna Stampfel-Volpe has quickly made a name for herself since starting with Nancy Coffey Literary Agency last fall. Not only has she signed a boat load of fabulous new books and authors, she has also generously donated her time to ...
  14 hours ago

• A Visit to the Fair

  
  Apu's World — Authority: 408
  The Bangalore Book Festival is around at the Palace Grounds, just as it was last November , and the hubby and I went around to it on Saturday, despite the wind and rain that makes you want to just huddle in bed. Seriously, I cannot remember Bangalore winters being this rainy even 10 years ago. Global warming, I ...
  17 hours ago

• Best Books of the Millenium?

  
  BOOK CLUB CLASSICS! — Authority: 126
  The Millions blog recently decided to find out which books are the very best so far of this millenium.  They created two lists — one with reader favorites and one with the favorites of “ experts .”  I double-starred (**) the titles I read (and loved) and single-starred (*) the titles I tried to read, but ...
  17 hours ago

• Karen Whites ZZZs of Writing

  
  In Bed With Books — Authority: 461
  Karen White is the author of THE LOST HOURS , who I interviewed a year ago. Her newest release is THE GIRL ON LEGARE STREET, the sequel to THE HOUSE ON TRADD STREET . (Expect my review soon-ish.) It turns out authors, like college students, sometimes have trouble getting enough sleep. And it turns out that ...
  17 hours ago

• Zinaid Meeran’s Saracen at the Gates Launched at The Book Lounge

  
  Jacana — Authority: 127
  The launch of the EU Literary Award winning novel , Saracen at the Gates , at The Book Lounge on Friday saw a large audience kept chortling along by Zinaid Meeran’s eccentric take on his upbringing, the writing process and the movie version of the novel. He claimed he didn’t write the book at all. “There ...
  17 hours ago

• On Literary Divadom

  
  Ephemerist — Authority: 106
  I had not encountered this Salon essay, “Didion as Diva” –It is from 1997! When the internet was written on cave walls with sticks and a paste of crushed berries and ash, or so I’ve been told!–until I came across it researching something else. But I think some of the points still have merit. (Perhaps ...
  19 hours ago

• FAQ – The Blue Gold – How much is it worth to us? (Huft Mix)

  
  Terry — Authority: 124
  We utilize it for washing and waste disposal, employ it for transportation, power generation and irrigation, use it for cooking and after all need it to live – water. Although it is essential for all life on our planet, we often forget that freshwater resources are limited and in short supply in many regions of the ...
  20 hours ago

• Eat, Drink and Be Literary Presale at BAM Starts Today

  
  Bumpershine.com — Authority: 134
  Eat, Drink and Be Literary A unique series for sophisticated writers, readers, and eaters, Eat, Drink & Be Literary brings major contemporary authors to BAMcafé for intimate dinners, entertaining readings, and engaging discussions. Each evening begins with a sumptuous buffet prepared by BAMcafé’s ...
  20 hours ago

• Progress, Links and a Party

  
  Just Keep Writing and Other Thoughts... — Authority: 117
  Life is beyond crazy, but I am writing and only just a little behind on NaNoWriMo. As of last night, my word count for Pilgrimage was 11,294. I am totally enjoying the experience, but just a touch worried that my voice is a bit different in this one. Its early days yet so I will not panic until I finish the first ...
  21 hours ago

• Fictionality and Reality in “Aeolus”

  
  (mass)think! — Authority: 103
  [Alexander Yakovlevs Aeolus]Perhaps the most striking feature of the “Aeolus” episode of James Joyce’s Ulysses is the presentation of headlines. Phrases such as “IN THE HEART OF THE HIBERNIAN METROPOLIS,” “HOW A GREAT DAILY ORGAN IS TURNED OUT,” “MEMORABLE BATTLES RECALLED,” “A COLLISION ENSUES,” ...
  1 day ago

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