Stumbled on this great illustration which combines two of my favorite things literature and drinking ...
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Jane Friedman has a helpful post, and a handy infographic, on what she sees as "the key 5 publishing paths, their value to authors, the potential pitfalls, and examples of each."
As I noted in my review of his latest novel, The Reconstructionist, Nick Arvin really captured my attention with Articles of War. He was gracious enough to participate in a Q&A for that novel so I was excited about getting his perspective this time around. Luckily for me, he agreed to take some time to answer some questions. First, a brief bio: Nick Arvin is an American engineer and writer. Born in North Carolina, he was raised in Michigan, and graduated from the University of Michigan...
Join Thurber House for an event you can really sink your teeth into when award-winning author Justin Cronin reads from his hugely popular novel, The Passage.
A Q&A with young adult author Richard Lewis touching on his books, writing, publishing, surfing and more.
A Q&A with young adult author Richard Lewis touching on his books, writing, publishing, surfing and more.
Mark Goldblatt wonders: You have to wonder, under the circumstances, whether the ambitions of a young conservative novelist would be unreservedly encouraged and diligently nurtured in a contemporary MFA program. If the answer is no, then the ramifications are profound — and profoundly disturbing. For the issue here runs deeper than the run-of-the-mill ideological browbeating that goes on in college classrooms across the country. Students can always weigh their professors’ rants...
A couple of literature/bookish related links from our friends over at NRO: – First, they have a symposium on Shakespeare: Nobody knows precisely when William Shakespeare was born. It was in 1564, probably a few days before April 26, which definitely was the date of his baptism, as recorded in the parish church at Stratford-upon-Avon. The Bard’s birthday is traditionally observed on April 23, which is also the date on which he died, in 1616. To celebrate his life, we’ve asked a...