At Strange Horizons, Kari Sperring writes about Katherine Kurtz. Matrilines: The Woman Who Made Fantasy “Kurtz’s debut novel, Deryni Rising, came out from Ballantine Books in 1970,” Sperring writes, “…and…Continue readingThe womanless cannon
“Ishtar Gate at Berlin Museum” by Rictor Norton 2.000 Years Ago in Babylon In the year Berlin turned 750 years old, I boarded a train in Hamburg bound for West…Continue readingTouching 2,000 years
Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, has always been my hero, now more than ever since she led the charge against the The Clean Reader, an app which enabled customers to…Continue reading‘Victory for dirt’
On Vox, Kelsey McKinney remembers the 30 times the novel has been declared dead since 1902 Read the whole story HERE ~~~~~ Since I have written many coming-of-age stories –from…Continue readingThe novel is dead – again
At io9 Charlie Jane Anders, has picked: 18 Perfect Short Stories that pack more punch than most novels One example of hers is: “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray…Continue readingPerfect short stories?
Washington Square North, Nov. 2, 2013. At Slate, David Rosenberg offers proof that New Yorkers will read absolutely anywhere by examing the work of photographer Lawrence Schwartzwald, who started a…Continue readingThey read WHERE?
At MindBodyGreen, Lisa Westmoreland has offered us 10 Ways To Declutter Your Home (And Life!) She lost me at #4 where says that if you don’t read a book right…Continue readingDon’t touch my books!
Terry Pratchett on an archive picture. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/Eamonn McCabe As the literary world mourns the death of Discworld creator Terry Pratchett, The Guardian has selected some of his most…Continue readingTerry in quotes
Megan Paolone at BuzzFeed selected 24 haiku in honor of the National Grammar Day. (It’s over. Sorry you missed it.) (Nothing lonelier than a parenthetical opened but not closed allison…Continue readingHug your editor
At Bustle, Becky Schultz talks about the 11 Books You’d Find On Lisa Simpson’s Shelf because she has great literary taste. For example: Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan After…Continue readingWhat Lisa Simpson Reads