The fine folks of Troy, Michigan were in a financial bind and wanted to pass a small tax to keep the library open. But Tea Party activists came out in…Continue readingBook burning party!
They didn’t ask me, but Clickhole asked some other authors: What’s your most important advice for young writers? If I had been asked, I would have told beginners: If you’re…Continue readingGood advice?
Writing for the future Margaret Atwood has just been named as the first contributor to an astonishing new public artwork, The Future Library project, Alison Flood reports at The Guardian.…Continue readingIn 100 years…
50 great books you’ll never read in school It’s that time of the year when reading for pleasure will give way to burning through that syllabus, Emily Temple writes at…Continue readingNot Safe For School
Oh, the stories waiting to be told… 28 magical paths begging to be walked, keeping in mind a quote from J. R. R. Tolkien: “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going…Continue readingMagical paths
The following story by Linda Grant about culling her library in a move, fills me with superstitious fear. I go to my own shelves and gaze upon them, trail possessive…Continue reading‘I have killed my books’
F. Scot Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda battled depression and led lives that eventually spun out of their control. They weren’t the only writers on that list, Cody Delistraty writes…Continue readingWhy are writers depressed?
The Last 13 Feminist Bookstores in the U.S. and Canada In the mid-1990s, there were approximately 120 feminist bookstores in the U.S. and several in Canada, Anjali Enjeti reports at…Continue readingOnly 13 left?