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Blog Post Archive
John R. Eperjesi: Jay-Z, Gatsby, Psy
In a previous blog, with tongue in cheek, I suggested that Jay Gatsby and his excessive West Egg style might be a distant ancestor of Psy and his gaudy "Gangnam Style." I showed the graph to my students and asked if we could fill in a third column for Psy. This is what we came up with.
Robert J. Elisberg: Plimpton! A Life Really Well-Lived
George Plimpton lived a life like James Thurber's dreamer, Walter Mitty, except he didn't dream about doing any exciting job in the world. He did the job. And then wrote about it.
Nina Sankovitch: Slow-Cooked or Seared: Reading Slow and Fast
I am a fast reader. By nature or nurture, I cannot say. My mother is a fast reader, as is my eldest son (he is...
Rich Rubino: The Linguistic Legacy of American Politics
For all the legacies that American politics has bequeathed to the world, one that rarely gets acclaim is its linguistic legacy. Many words that originated from American politics have permeated our general lexicon.
John J. Healey: Finnegans Wake in the Bronx
I remember looking at it out of curiosity, knowing nothing at all about Joyce, when I was eight or nine-years-old. It stood out from the other books adorned with more romantic covers and titles. And I remember leafing through it, lying on the floor, and finding it absolutely nonsensical.
Anne Margaret Daniel: "Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you Cannes!" Why F. Scott Fitzgerald Fans Should Love Leonardo DiCaprio.
In 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald and his family were in France, spending most of their time on the Riviera where Baz Luhrmann's movie of The Great Gatsby will open the Cannes Film Festival tonight.
Maryka Biaggio: The Great Gatsby: 15 Water-Cooler-Worthy Questions
Gatsby is all the rage just now, especially Baz Luhrmann's movie rendition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby. And you must have some water-cooler-worthy questions to toss out because, from what I can gather, it's all anybody is talking about.
Mary Romero: The Fringe Universe Continues to Expand With The Zodiac Paradox
Three months later and the Fringe universe is still thriving. Fans are writing fanfiction and creating art, and the first official tie-in novel, The Zodiac Paradox, comes out this month.
Chris Clow: Why Now Is the Time to Start Reading Superhero Comics
If you've ever been interested in the ongoing adventures of Batman or Iron Man, of the Avengers or the Justice League, then as a geek and a comic book peddler I can tell you: now is the time.
Linda Howard Urbach: How to Handle Rejection With Grace and Aplomb
Dear Big Chance Book Awards: My question is, why didn't I even make the semi-final list of over 8,0000 aspiring writers? Are you kidding me? I want my entry fee refunded or I'll report you to the Attorney General. Yours, sincerely, etc. etc.
Illya Szilak: Remembering the Human: E-lit and the Art of Memory
Christine Wilks's literary games harness the bodies of players to create poetic meditations on virtual and embodied forms of existence and memory. Coming from a background in film, she transitioned to digital writing, and is one of several e-lit creators who writes her own code.
Steve Heilig: Still Drug Crazed After All These Years
Mike Gray's book, Drug Crazy, effectively utilizes "street stories" featuring cops, addicts, drug treatment workers and more to illustrate the real-life impact of drug policies -- which are his primary focus. According to him, the "drug war" has been a failure on many fronts.
John J. Healey: Memories of Spain
After decades of being frustrated by how ignored Spain has been in the American press, where Europe always meant France and Italy, suddenly it is in the news virtually every day for the wrong reasons.
David Moshman: Young Africans Speaking Up
Estelline says her participation in performances of her local culture club "helps the audience, especially those who became orphans because this shows that they are...
Anis Shivani: Emerging Poet Interview: Louise Mathias, Author of "The Traps"
"I feel kinship to many different writers for many different reasons -- I aim for (though I'm sure I don't always attain) the musicality of John Taggart, the compression and rapid tonal swerve of Graham Foust's early work, the biting quality and earthiness of Selima Hill..."
Doug Bradley: The Write Stuff
Norbert Blei -- writer, teacher, editor, publisher, and artist -- died late last month in Door County, Wisconsin. It would take several blogs to do him justice, so I won't even try. But I will try to explain his substantial impact on a fledgling writer he took pity on in the 1980s and 1990s.
Jonah Berger: WATCH: Why Do Things Go Viral? (NEW BOOK)
Why do some videos go viral? Turns out it's not luck or chance. There's a science behind it. And it's not about cute cats.
Howard Polskin: Five E-Book Singles About Jodi Arias Already Published
Quick turnaround for an e-book single: Fast writers can bang out a 100-page e-book single about Arias in a month. That's how long it took AP reporters Josh Hoffner and Brian Skoloff.
Rita Meade: In Defense Of Libraries
The paint on my worn out ol' library soapbox is getting rather chipped these days, but I'm about to get back up on it, my friends. Brace yourselves.
K. Tyler Christensen: Sanctification Through Words: Joy Williams's 99 Stories of God
On my first day at Tin House (and during cocktail hour), I anxiously asked Williams what she was reading/what I should be reading. Don DeLilo's Point Omega, she told me.