BookBalloon Reading Club June Selection Corrigan by Caroline Blackwood “Corrigan is at once a mordant comedy of manners and a very modern morality play. Since her husband’s death, the increasingly frail Mrs. Blunt has had only her trips to his grave to look forward to. Her raucous housekeeper’s conversation, and cooking, are best forgotten. Nadine, [...]
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Rewriting "Ulysses," 140 characters at a time – Twitter – Salon.com "If you want to take part in this experiment on June 16 (that's Bloomsday, the holiday celebrated by James Joyce lovers) and tweet from the @11ysses account, go over to Stephen's "Master Plan" section and break out your college copy of Joyce's second-hardest text."
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Dear Book Lover: The Allure of Unreliable Narrators – WSJ.com 'Today, unreliable narration does seem to be in vogue. Could that be because so many people are chronicling their lives online now, and we can see how unreliable most personal narratives are? As David Fromkin wrote in his history of civilization, "The Way of the [...]
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WriterHouse summer classes begin the week of June 13. Writing children’s picture books, workshops for 7th-8th graders, fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Take a 5% early registration discount if you enroll by June 1st and pay by check or cash. Full class schedule and registration form Some scholarships available for the youth class thanks to the generosity [...]
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From New City Arts Initiative: On Lament and Hope On Wednesday, May 25 from 7-8:30 PM at The Haven, New City Arts presents an interdisciplinary evening of art that gives language to the process of grieving in our world and the ‘other’ whether it be hope, love, or something else, that precedes (or follow) our [...]
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Prime Number Magazine The Plumber's Tale | by Gary Glass | followed by Q&A –And plenty more good stuff!! Philip Roth Wins Man Booker International Prize in Disputed Decision – NYTimes.com 'Not all of the judges agreed. One, Carmen Callil, the founder of the feminist publishing house Virago, stormily withdrew from the panel over the [...]
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6 Blog Posts That Will Rock Your Writing Day | The Renegade Writer "I’ve read some great posts on my favorite writing and personal development blogs lately, and I thought I’d share them with you. Enjoy!" Should be something here for everyone…
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‘Morning Joe’ Scarborough diverts ratings bonus to MSNBC co-host Brzezinski, who ‘was sickened by it’ | Poynter. "MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski writes in her new book, “Knowing Your Value,” that she realized after the 2008 election that co-host Joe Scarborough was making 14 times as much as she was. Brzezinski says she asked MSNBC President Phil [...]
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Fiction Writers Review » Blog Archive » A Finely-Focused Lens: An Interview with Josh Weil "Don’t use an outline. When you sit down to write, you shouldn’t know how a story ends. This is the kind of writing advice that sent Josh Weil running from grad school in 2004 to a cabin in the Appalachian [...]
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From my inbox: CORRECTION: The first ingredient in the 4/30 Quesadillas recipe should have read “1 cup shredded Mexican Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, or brick cheese.” Somehow, an auto spell-check changed cheddar to Chihuahua. We apologize for the error and hope that no Chihuahuas were harmed due to the error.
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