Articles tagged “today elsewhere”
How to write a movie about a writer: or, why are movies so bad at portraying writers?
Should you organise books by colour? Sure, why not.
10. Hear what everyone has to say but don’t listen to anyone (except me). Etgar Keret’s ten rules for writers.
The opportunity that blogs continue to offer for long-form engagement with literature should not be denigrated, but celebrated. John Self counters Sir Peter Stothard’s claim that book bloggers are harming literature.
‘If the mass of unargued opinion chokes off literary critics…then literature will be the lesser for it,’ he said. ‘There is a great deal of opinion online, and it’s probably reasonable opinion, but there is much less reasoned opinion.’ Read more
Today is National Punctuation Day in the US, and to celebrate, the Atlantic has put together a collection of writers' favourite punctuation marks.
A profile in the New York Times of Damien Echols, one of the infamous West Memphis Three and author of Life After Death, out Wednesday.
1. When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else. Zadie Smith’s rules for writing.
He has written a haunting book, and the story it tells is hardly over. The Read more
‘The meaning of life is that it stops.’ – Franz Kafka Twenty famous writers on death and mortality.
An argument in favour of shorter books.
17% of children would be embarrassed if their friends saw them reading. Getting kids to read.
1. Amateur artists wait for inspiration. Nine warning signs of an amateur artist.
[The cruel paradox of self-publishing](http://www.theatlantic.
The egg cream costs 12, or 88 adjusted. The economics of being a kid in a classic adventure novel.
The Anatomy of Book Reviews: breaking down the book review to see what makes it good (or bad).
Dear Literary Magazine, thank you for sending us your rejection letter. Despite its evident merit, we’re sorry to say we cannot accept it at this time. A rejection of a rejection letter.
Take a guess at which book is most often left behind in hotel rooms.
