July 2010
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The Best Magazine Articles Ever →
I know that is a lofty title, but it’s true. Some of these articles I read in class; others, out of personal intrest. Many I couldn’t resist. AND THEY’RE OVER ONE HUNDRED ARTICLES! Each and everyone worth reading. My favorites include:
David Foster Wallace, “Federer As Religious Experience.” The New York Times, Play Magazine, August 20, 2006.
David Foster Wallace,...
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I would love to read all these stories. →
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5 Stupid, Unfair and Sexist Things Expected of Men →
Dear world, please stop using Comic Sans.
jbohbih:
Thank you.
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“Anyone who has ever written anything for publication can cite chapter and verse...”
– How to Measure the Value of Editors | Digital Book World
A fascinating and much-needed study (and not just because it vindicates my current employment).
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“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type...”
– Isaac Asimov (via klowee)
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WatchElif Shafak: The politics of fiction
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“Pick a better verb: Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a...”
– Janet Fitch’s 10 rules for writers
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Mauritania's hidden manuscripts →
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French words with no English translation →
audreyjayne:
lucyphermann:
Dépaysement: The sensation of being in another country.
La douleur exquise: The heart-wrenching pain of wanting someone you can’t have. Even a Sex in the City episode was named after it!
Chômer: To be unemployed, but because it’s a verb, it makes the state active.
Profiter: To make the most of or take advantage of.
Flâneur: As defined in the book Elegant Wits...
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BOOKS AT THE BOOK FACTORY!
meaghano:
The books are being made in Iceland right now and they sent us photos, eeeee, they are real:
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Amazon content coup? E-tailer gets exclusive Roth,... →
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Does Language Influence Culture? →
irrelevant-twaddle:
It’s Saturday night, I could be painting the town red right now; drinking my bodyweight in spirits and consequently throwing up on the pavement like any other 18 year old.
But no, I am home reading an article on linguistics.
And I love it.
This pleases the language nerd within me.
Such a good article, if you’re interested even the slightest in language then...
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Miss Banshee's Advice For New Writers →
“Write every day.” Gee thanks. Don’t click on this link.
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“Something is wrong when Frankenstein is the best book on the list; the only work...”
– Freshman Disorientation
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“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least...”
– George Orwell (via myquotelibrary)
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Joseph Roth: The Auto-da-Fé of the Mind →
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“The municipality of Tel Aviv had originally planned to sponsor a float in the...”
– The Gays and the Jews
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Tumblr Tuesday
This week I have been quite enjoying:
shieldsofpaper
applesandgrits5
This is my first tumblr tuesday post, so I am making up for some lost time. I have always enjoyed:
kavalierandclay
oplaplaza
wadlington
So, I hope if you have some time you check them out!
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I want to go to the New York Public Library so...
(via ihavetohowl)
IT SO BEAUTIFUL CHECK IT OUT!
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“Critics like to point out that commercial travel writing is soft compared to...”
– On the Perils of Travel Writing
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After lengthy legal battle, Franz Kafka and Max... →
After months of legal wrangling, one of the 10 safe deposit boxes in which documents belonging to the writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924 ) and his close friend Max Brod (1884-1968 ) were hidden for 40 years was opened Monday in Tel Aviv.
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WatchHistory of the typewriter recited by Michael Winslow (by SansGil—Gil Cocker)
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@samchase..
stephanie637:
Thank You for the Follow !
Anytime Boo!