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The Author dies, the world yawns, and writers keep scribbling
This originated as an e-mail, but then I realized it was actually a blog post and edited it accordingly. Roland Barthes begins The Death of the Author thus: ‘This was woman herself, with her sudden fe… more →
The Story's Story
How Fiction Works by James Wood
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woowooteacup wrote 4 days ago: How Fiction Works by James Wood My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wood’s language usage feels old-school … more →
A Little Explosion of Fiction
woowooteacup wrote 1 week ago: “Every metaphor or simile is a little explosion of fiction within the larger fiction of the no … more →
Bites: Glenn Beck Likes Books, Daniel Nester, James Wood, Nerdcore, Klosterman on Balloon Boy, Kurt Vile, and More
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Jason Diamond wrote 2 weeks ago: Over at MobyLives, they talk about Glenn Beck being the new Oprah for a bunch of writers we could re … more →
My Fragmentary, Suggestive, Anecdotal Tendencies
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Wellwisher wrote 3 weeks ago: “Meg, guess what?” The pasha sounded excited. “What?” “I was listening … more →
Oct. 19, 2009
yupireadthenewyorker wrote 1 month ago: I’m writing from a hotel room (and have been sort of vaguely watching a Real Housewives of Atlanta m … more →
KStew In 'An American Girl'
chasingcullens wrote 1 month ago: Actor James Woods admits to have approached the ‘Twilight saga’ beauty ‘before she … more →
Making a Character Out of Place
tinytownreads wrote 1 month ago: In the Myers-Briggs personality assessment, recently repopularized by a Facebook application, there … more →
Dead Grits?
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mowat wrote 2 months ago: There have been three byelections since the 2007 general election in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan … more →
James Wood: great literary critic, not-so-great evolutionary biologist
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whyevolutionistrue wrote 2 months ago: James Wood is a well known literary critic, based at Harvard, who writes for The New Yorker. A while … more →
How Fiction Works
annotationnation wrote 2 months ago: book by James Wood annotation by Tina Rubin In this exceptional craft book, the venerable James Wood … more →
NPR: Three Minute Fiction
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planetcity1 wrote 2 months ago: This contest has a simple premise: Listeners send in original short stories that can be read … more →
James Wood on literary awards
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James Bradley wrote 2 months ago: To mark the 40th year of the Booker Prize (now the Man Booker Prize) The Guardian has tracked down o … more →
Music for the Golden Vale round-up
aislingcryan wrote 2 months ago: So I’m back online after an amazing weekend in Tipperary (apart from the small matter of Tippe … more →
James Wood replies
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whyevolutionistrue wrote 2 months ago: In the August 31 issue of The New Yorker, James Wood, an eminent literary critic based at Harvard, w … more →
who has written this other book?
bob wrote 2 months ago: Reading Wood made me really think (yes, how useless criticism can really be) that I don’t thi … more →
James Wood on fiction
bob wrote 2 months ago: Finished the Wood book today. Delightful. Lots of splendid things. Super footnotes too. I never … more →
spiritual atheists
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osopher wrote 2 months ago: James Wood (“God in the Quad,” New Yorker 8.31) is not the first to slam the “new … more →
The New Yorker takes a swipe at everyone
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whyevolutionistrue wrote 2 months ago: This week’s New Yorker has a piece by James Wood — “God in the Quad” — … more →
Upcoming gigs
aislingcryan wrote 2 months ago: There must be something I’m missing on the Tipperary gig, considering I’ve found the tim … more →
