I’ve had a strange time with this book. At first, I was disappointed. I had been looking so much forward to it because I loved the idea of the words of children becoming toxic to their parents a… more →
The Literary Bunnywrote 3 months ago: I’ve had a strange time with this book. At first, I was disappointed. I had been looking so mu … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The Flame Alphabet, by Ben Marcus, is a story about an epidemic caused by language. It’s a gri … more →
wrote 3 months ago: So The Flame Alphabet has, quite possibly, one of the coolest covers of any book I read last year. T … more →
wrote 4 months ago: So, I haven’t finished a book since I returned to Boston, hence last week’s missing post … more →
wrote 4 months ago: We asked people in and around the world of graphic design to name one of their favorite book covers … more →
wrote 5 months ago: It’s only been two days since the deeply disturbing incident in Newtown, Connecticut, and I … more →
wrote 5 months ago: I’m very pleased to have my first guest writer on Blood On Forgotten Walls. The Next Big Thing … more →
wrote 8 months ago: By Jess Cotton Language, its corruption and debasement, has long been the province of the literary … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I’m currently reading Ben Marcus’ The Flame Alphabet. It’s a story told in a world … more →
wrote 9 months ago: image via Strand title: The Flame Alphabet [support an independent bookstore and purchase at Strand] … more →
wrote 9 months ago: It’s August. my least-favorite month as my birthday falls sometime this month and it’s a … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Reviewers and interviewers are billing Ben Marcus’ new novel The Flame Alphabet (Knopf) as a departu … more →
wrote 10 months ago: I finished this book a while ago and I’m still not sure what to say about it. I saw it on a 2012 mu … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Reblogged from : (Knopf, 2012) When I finished writing The Flame Alphabet, Tom McCarthy’s novel C ha … more →
wrote 11 months ago: So … if you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know I went nuts back in Januar … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Despite the fact that I am a somewhat normal human being, I’m not really abhorring finals week … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Ben Marcus Talks About His Novel The Flame Alphabet. … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Do you ever walk into a bookstore or library and become overwhelmed with excitement from being surro … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Ben Marcus is something of a new god in the world of fiction, and especially so to those who conside … more →