Road Warrior: 'Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell' – ZYZZYVAwww.zyzzyva.org There’s some grainy footage of a 1966 performance by Joni Mitchell on a show called “Let’s Sing Out” for students at Laurentian University in Sudbury,
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Work: Chicago and LA Reviews of Books, EVENT, Literary Ladies, prism international, The Temz Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn and World Literature Today.
Member: @bookcritics
10 Great New Children’s Books to Throw in Your Beach Baglithub.com Reading for pleasure is my favorite pastime all through the year, but it feels especially well suited to the longer, lazier days of summer, when school’s out and young readers might not even need a…
How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safewww.propublica.org Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
Multivalent Elegy, Three Days After Summer Solsticewww.narrativemagazine.com I don’t think about him much anymore. It doesn’t matter who he is. I could be talking about Berryman, Daniel, or my father. The former entranced me once, and Daniel died on the highway. My father died...
Playing With Time: On the Art of Imagining in Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreamslithub.com I first read Einstein’s Dreams in 1993, very shortly after it was published. The author, Alan Lightman, is a physicist at MIT whose writings have illuminated the intersection of science and the hum…
Nikole Hannah-Jones Reflects on the Most Important Historical Project of Our Generationlithub.com Feature image by Jason Hill. The 1619 Project has arguably become our generation’s foundational text for understanding the conception of America as we know it today through its continued legislativ…
Queenie's second life on screen gives her more room to growwww.npr.org An irresistible new Hulu series follows the quarter-life growing pains of a lonely South Londoner. It's based on a 2019 novel by showrunner Candice Carty-Williams.
What Can You Read in Prison?www.esquire.com Books provide a lifeline to the incarcerated, but censorship and accessibility are major obstacles. In America’s prisons, people are finding their own ways to fight back.
Podcast | Andrew O’Hagan | Grantagranta.com ‘The world comes down on your head if you don’t tell people what they already believe to be true.’Andrew O’Hagan on truth, journalism and fiction.
Elfiye by Nazli Karabiyikoglu - Words Without Borderswordswithoutborders.org A couple takes a drastic step after discovering their daughter’s relationship with another woman in this short story by Nazli Karabiyikoglu.
Grandma's Fiancé Requires Our Full Adversarial Response - Electric Literatureelectricliterature.com “No Picnic” by Caroline Beimford, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
Finding Lost Voices: These Deeds Were Done By Women: An Interview with J.J. Wilson, one of the founders of The Sitting Roomirisjamahldunkle.substack.com A weekly email that brings back the voices of those who have been forgotten or misremembered.
The First Book: Christina J. Cooke - The Rumpustherumpus.net Just do your work.
Letter Writing Socialliterary-arts.org Spend some time writing letters and catching up on your correspondence with like-minded writers and fans of the postal system. Some supplies, snacks, and typewriters will be provided, but feel
Let Them Be Morally Flawed: In Defense of Queer Villains in Storieslithub.com Queerness and villainy have a long history of being conflated by mainstream entertainment, from Peter Lorre’s effeminate and threatening Joel Cairo in The Maltese Falcon to the obsessed and manipul…
Christine Smallwood: "A Reviewer’s Life"yalereview.org Christine Smallwood articulates the material constraints of writing criticism today.
Escaping the Censors’ Gaze: Lai Wen on Sci-Fi and the Need for Chinese Protest Literature Todaylithub.com Last September, I received a letter from the UK publisher of Tiananmen Square, asking if I would consider blurbing the novel. I was busy finishing work on my own book, The Book of Secrets, which wa…
The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcastlink.chtbl.com The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast is a series of conversations with current and past prize recipients about books and plays they love, hosted by Michael Kelleher.
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The Excel superstars throw down in Vegaswww.theverge.com Microsoft Excel is arguably the world’s most important piece of business software. Can it also be a sport?
"Her Job Is to Show How People Live": Claire Dederer on Laurie Colwinthemillions.com A writer who writes about literary monsters: Claire Dederer. Here, Dederer explores the kitchen sink domestic analysis of Laurie Colwin.
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Chas Halpernrobmclennan.blogspot.com Chas Halpern has made a living writing and directing marketing videos for global tech companies (including Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco...
Spotlight series #98 : Kim Fahnerrobmclennan.medium.com Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.
Unknowable Cities and Elusive Stories: Helen Oyeyemi's Parasol Against the Axe - Reactorreactormag.com A review of Helen Oyeyemi's new novel.
Everything Change - Writing the Climate - Canolfan Ysgrifennu Tŷ Newydd Writing Centretynewydd.wales
“…it’s just the housing question that’s spoiled them…” #ReadingTheMeow #MasterAndMargaritakaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com When I shared an image of my "The Master and Margarita" collection recently on Twitter/X (after a new arrival, courtesy of the wonderful @pigiron) it occurred to me that a reread would be lovely, part...
Literary Events in May: #CapitalCrime and #EUWritersFestivalfindingtimetowrite.wordpress.com I was lucky enough to attend two excellent literary events this past month, namely the EU Writers Festival at the British Library, curated by Rosie Goldsmith of the EuroLitNetwork, and the crime writi...
Mrs Miniver by Jan Strutherjacquiwine.wordpress.com This is a charming book full of warmth, wisdom and common sense – a delightful collection to dip into or read at a clip, depending on your preference. Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Maxstone G...
“The cat is, above all things, a dramatist.” (Margaret Benson)madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk This is my contribution to Reading the Meow hosted by Mallika at Literary Potpourri, a fantastic week-long celebration of literature inspired by our feline friends! A Cat, A Man and Two Women by Junic...
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