Short stories and poetry are deceptively difficult literary forms. On the surface, they have the allure of simplicity. After all, they don’t require the detailed arcs or subplots of a novel. Short stories also need not deal with meter or rhyme. Yet these things also make them so difficult. They require far more exactitude than […]
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Blog Headlines of the Week UK booksellers go nuts, decide not to stock crappy book Obama Wins Peace Prize, Wingnut Heads Explode Blog Lines of the Week Jon Krakauer: “Every single time I write, I ask myself what the fuck I’m doing, why the fuck am I writing.” Bookish Linkage Nobel Prize in Literature: German […] I think this is called a vicious circle: “Lawyer Says Lawyer Defamed Him in Press Release About Defamation Suit” (Via.) So much for seeking forgiveness. A convicted sex offender in Raleigh, N.C., was arrested when he tried to attend church because he is not allowed to be present on any property where children are present. […] No, this is not a new feature. Instead, it’s a bit of an explanation why, contrary to my promise last weekend, regular programming has not resumed. Attribute it in large part to the fact I had the pleasure of arguing before the South Dakota Supreme Court Wednesday morning in Yankton. Naturally, preparation for that […] The Secret History of Science Fiction, a new anthology aimed at questioning the existence of genre boundaries, could be a victim of the very issue it seeks to address. It uses the term “science fiction” in the title. The anthology proceeds from an interesting premise. Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow was nominated for the 1973 Nebula […] |
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