At Jstor Daily, Chi Luu examines how nouns suddenly become verbs, and talks about popular internet memes like “Let me librarian that for you” and “Do you even science, bro?”…Continue reading‘Do you even science, bro?’
The Rainforest Writers Retreat 2016 is over My hubby went along this year to see this wondrous place to which I vanish sometimes in the Olympic Peninsula rainforest. The cabin…Continue readingWords in the Woods
On life, and writing – another in a continuous series of portraits of the writer as a young woman. (Originally appeared at The Book View Cafe – http://bookviewcafe.com) ~~~ A…Continue readingThere can be only one
Image by Mari Shibata Women take to the streets to save London’s beloved Feminist Library One of the UK’s most significant archives of women’s history is facing eviction after landlords…Continue readingCan we save herstory?
From Lovereading infographic The Lovereading site explains that they love epic books with swathes of characters creating a wonderfully complex plot, but ask rather plaintively: “Sometimes is it all too…Continue readingToo many characters?
Then join a book club. Taking part in social activities such as book clubs or church groups makes people live longer and appears to be as important to health as…Continue readingWant to live longer?
Creative Commons / Flickr: smithsonian 51 Of The Most Beautiful Sentences In Literature “We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about their favorite lines from literature,”…Continue readingThe perfect line
I remember the now nearly extinct sound of the typewriter that I used before I embraced computers for my writing. My husband not only remembers typewriters, he also fondly recalls…Continue readingDisappearing sounds
Mine? ‘My Son, My Son’ by Howard Spring The book, and the writer. Spring taught me that EVERY story is about character. ‘My Son, My Son’ was the first book…Continue readingWhat book…?
100 jokers who shaped modern comedy Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri 4,000 years of humor At Vulture, Jesse David Fox talks about 100 sketches and one-liners that changed humor forever —…Continue readingFirst joke ever told?