Words of love that don’t have an English equivalent Emma Block has created a series of drawings to showcase a variety of words from across the world that say things…Continue readingzhi zi zhi shou, yu zi xte lao
Vending machines for short stories(Photo: AFP) It is now possible to read stories that can be consumed in however much time you’ve got to kill. The ‘three minute’ format, for…Continue readingFree stories?
The Phrase Finder 1,800 English phrases, sayings, idioms and expressions, with their meanings and origins explained. It includes Famous Last Words. For example: The last words of John Sedgwick, a…Continue readingHe said WHAT?
Sometimes I will pick up a book in a bookstore and the first thing I see inside will do something visceral enough for me to buy it on the spot.…Continue readingOn Roots and Roads
18 Things Every Book Lover Can Relate To All 18 Pulptastic gifs HERE ~~~~~ Ten books that changed the world From Euclid’s Elements to Freud’s Interpretation of Dream, The Guardian…Continue readingbooks Books BOOKS!
She sees music, in color, and then she paints it. Until artist Melissa S. McCracken was 15, she thought everyone constantly saw colors like she did – in books, math…Continue readingWhat color is ‘C’?
Fictional while female; The rape culture in fiction I was once involved as a working pro in a workshop for beginning writers where one of the participants turned in a…Continue readingWhy is it always rape?
At The Telegraph, Michael Deacon offers us Sex, murder and ‘bulbous salutations’ Or, the weirdest moments from ‘List of the Lost’, the former Smiths singer’s unreadable debut novel. Among…Continue readingErotic Curiosities?
A 17-Year-Old Artist Created This Incredible Map Of Literature Martin Vargic’s intricate cartography is basically porn for book lovers. “The Lord of the Rings and the Song of Ice and…Continue readingLiterature on the map
I was born too late to know ‘Dick and Jane’ — not to mention that I came from an entirely different culture, and taught myself to read long before entering…Continue reading‘Dick and Jane’ vs Dr. Seuss