At Lit Hub, Rebecca Solnit offers a thoughtful essay entitled 80 Books No Woman Should Read She doesn’t actually offer such a list. The essay is in response to an…Continue readingTo Kill a Zombie
To honor St. Patrick’s Day, Sandra Gisi offers us Three Irish Creatures Cooler Than Leprechauns “You’ll be seeing a lot of images of tiny bearded men in green coats and…Continue readingCooler Than Leprechauns?
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…?
What we remember Only the middle of January and already two giants have chosen this year to wander off into the sunset. David Bowie and Alan Rickman: photo www.chicagotribune.com When…Continue readingGoodbye to Giants
So then. Back to the future… back to the past… back to the original science fiction fairy tale which shaped so many lives. For the record, this being one of…Continue readingBack to the magic