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La Vie de Boheme: a slice of memory

merma0499 wrote 4 days ago: Hello readers, Today a patron at the library where I work used the term “la vie de boheme … more →

Tags: Art, Creativity, France, Language and Writing, memoire, Relationships, Aki Kaurismäki, Art Student Life, first boyfriends

Links of the Week2 comments

Anthony wrote 6 days ago: Many of these links have been tweeted in the past, but here I can tag and categorise them for future … more →

Tags: 19th Century, 20th Century, 21st Century, American Literature, English Literature, French Literature, german literature, Albert Camus, Ford Madox Ford

A literary (r)evolution courtesy of "The New Essayists"

2bitmonkey wrote 1 week ago: This is “What’s Making Me Happy This Week,” a weekly feature inspired by the Pop C … more →

Tags: Books & Literature, Adam Kirsch, autobiographical essays, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Crosley, david sedaris, Davy Rothbart

What We Have Wrought and Whither We Go: Some Questions about the Public Humanities3 comments

Mark McDayter wrote 1 week ago: Currently, I fear, the digital humanities are not ready to take up their full responsibility because … more →

Tags: the field, Alan Liu, Diana Brydon, Digital Humanities, humanism, Humanities, Julia Flanders, Misha Glouberman, public humanities

April reading: White Review Short Story Prize, Ben Lerner... but mostly: why I read so few women writers, and how you can help me kick the habit2 comments

Jonathan Gibbs wrote 2 weeks ago: [NB: Click here for the follow-up post, my 'Reading list, for the misogynist and myopic, of women wr … more →

Tags: Reading, monthly reading, the white review, geoff dyer, Nicholson Baker, Chris Bachelder, elizabeth hardwick, Lorrie Moore, Javier Marias

You can't make this shit up1 comment

Tara Mantel wrote 3 weeks ago: At one point in the endless coverage of the manhunt for Marathon Bomber suspect #2, an officer noted … more →

Tags: writing, life imitating art

From Galway to the Gate: This week’s notable literary events around Ireland

Shane wrote 3 weeks ago: There are few places I would rather be this week than Galway for the annual Cúirt International Fest … more →

Tags: Events, Keith Ridgway, Seamus Heaney, Lucy Caldwell, Cuirt International Festival of Literature, Michael Longley, Edna O'Brien, Laurent Binet, Leanne O'Sullivan

Heidi's Picks for the Women's Prize Shortlist1 comment

nvcllibrarian wrote 1 month ago: My picks for the Women’s Prize shortlist, out tomorrow, are proof positive that Patricia and I … more →

Tags: Heidi's Picks, Women's Prize (Formerly Orange Prize), women's prize for fiction, Alif the Unseen, Bring Up the Bodies, Deborah Copaken Kagen, flight behavior, g. willow wilson, Gillian Flynn

Self Portraits2 comments

Alyx wrote 1 month ago: I have a vision of myself in my head. It is from my point of view, looking down a bathtub at my legs … more →

Tags: Thoughts & comments, bath, Books, How Should A Person Be?, Lush

Seven Felicitous Flops (7QT)7 comments

laurachristine06 wrote 1 month ago:   — 1 — It is in this spirit that I write today’s post. — 2 — Fiv … more →

Tags: Clawing My Way Out of Frumpdom, strong-willed-child, Books, Food, perfect health diet, cooking, Recipes, Rumer Godden, Coffee

Write till it's right

Mark Medley wrote 1 month ago: When Andrew Kaufman published his debut novel, All My Friends Are Superheroes, in 2003, he thought t … more →

Tags: Afterword, Ampersand, Andrew Kaufman, Catherine Bush, Tamara Faith Berger

Every Book I’ve Read So Far This Year (and Whether or Not You Should Read Them, Too)

Haley wrote 1 month ago: When I started this blog back in August, I had intended to post book reviews of each book I read. Th … more →

Tags: Reads, jessica mitford, How Should A Person Be?, zadie smith, nw, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Hons and Rebels, Best American Short Stories 2012, Between the Woods and the Water

TOB Finals

Fay wrote 1 month ago: As promised, I am posting less because the whole of last week the judgements just went downhill: exc … more →

Tags: Other Books, General Ravings, Hilary Mantel, John Green, Tournament of Books, adam johnson, A. M Homes, jess walter, chris ware

Peek Inside Sheila Heti's '90s Feminist Zine

emilystemple wrote 1 month ago: Like many teenage girls too smart for their own shorts, Sheila Heti, whose recent novel How Should a … more →

Tags: Books, Buzz, Riot Grrrl, zines

News Roundup

wnbanycblogger wrote 1 month ago: Women’s Prize For Fiction Long List Announced The Women’s Prize for Fiction, formerly th … more →

Tags: Barbara Kingsolver, Gillian Flynn, zadie smith, Hilary Mantel, women's prize for fiction, AM Holmes, Maria Semple, VIDA statistics, london book fair

Long list for Woman's Prize for Fiction

stillnotfussed wrote 1 month ago: Irrespective of whether you think there needs to be a separate prize just for books written by women … more →

Tags: Books 2, Gillian Flynn, Francesca Segal, Barbara Kingsolver, Orange Prize, Kitty Aldridge, g. willow wilson, Elif Shafak, Michele Roberts

Tob Noooooooooooo

Fay wrote 2 months ago: Well that’s it, TOB. You’ve lost me. Well not really, I’ve already invested too mu … more →

Tags: Other Books, General Ravings, lauren groff, Tournament of Books

Readers' Choice: 10 More Women Who Should Be Writing for 'Harper's'

emilystemple wrote 2 months ago: Earlier this week, we bemoaned the lack of women writing for Harper’s, and suggested a few gre … more →

Tags: Books, Buzz, claire dederer, Fanny Howe, Harper's, jennifer miller

The Writer Builds her Skills: On Growing a Thicker Skin2 comments

Liz wrote 2 months ago: One of the things I’ve had to learn as a parent is the many ways in which I am still a child. … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, gleaning, Parenting, Childhood, Women, Psychology, little failures, zadie smith


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