If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world, the folks at The…Continue readingYou say it how?
At SF Signal, James Aquilone asked writers and editors about their influences outside of the literary world — what or who has influenced their work? The answers ranged from George…Continue readingFrom Carlin and Gandhi to Pink Floyd
Being the Designated Book Nerd in your family or social circle is an important job, Rebecca Joines Schinsky reports on Book Riot, and it brings with it a certain set…Continue readingThings that happen to a Book Nerd
Brooklyn oil painter Tatyana Fazlalizadeh got fed up with dudes invading her space. So she started telling them so—very publicly. Photo courtesy of Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. For many women, just walking…Continue readingHer war against harassers
This was written to suggest a reading list for last summer, but it’s good any time. The original title of the piece was “95 Young Adult Books To Read Instead…Continue reading99 Young Adult Books To Read
Several books have been written about the meals Austen might have eaten, based on the hints from her letters, Nicole Villeneuve, writes for Paper and Salt. She mentions legs of…Continue readingJane Austen’s Tarts
This is the time of year when gift books suggestions and “best of” lists begin to appear. io9 offers us: “Holiday Gift Books for Lovers of Science and Science Fiction”…Continue readingGifts: Books are Best
Nowadays, you aren’t likely to find a famous novelist shilling for their favorite brand, Emily Temple writes for Flavorwire. For one thing, most writers just aren’t as recognizable as your…Continue readingAuthors as hucksters
Before these classic children’s books ended up on your kid’s shelf, they were told to children tucked in bed, Stacy Conradt writes in Mental Floss. Image courtesy of Amazon Pippi…Continue readingFirst They Were Bedtime Stories
…Or, Why Tim Worstall Hates Shopping At Amazon. It’s an intensely irritating way to buy a book, he writes in Forbes. Cheap, yes, convenient, most assuredly, but intensely irritating. For…Continue readingThe Absence Of Serendipity…