Join me in my quest to bring back the obsolete, but useful, Shandy Semicolon;—a punctuation mark, discovered through digression, that continues to delight me.
whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-digres...
“Let each, then, bear the burden that his strength permits.”
I wrote about Augusto Monterroso and the art of the literary heteronym for the Why Is This Interesting? newsletter. whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-hetero...
Nikki Giovanni, the poet, activist, children’s book author and professor who wrote about race, politics, gender, sex and love, died on Monday at 81. She was prolific star of the Black Arts Movement that erupted during the civil rights era. nyti.ms/3BbzyPP
Yeah, maybe, but my uncle's friend's cousin did a study on this and found the exact opposite effect, so who's to say
Gil Scott-Heron - poet, author, singer, composer (influenced by The Last Poets). One of the most influential artists of our time. “His spoken word over driving beat, humor-laced, sharp critiques of politics, racism and mass media made him a global voice of protest for decades.” RIP.
I started collecting records this year, and I’m starting to pair records and books at Fable.
I picked this 1975 jazz record to pair with Haruki Murakami’s new novel, “The City and Its Uncertain Gates.”
After nearly nine years at Esquire, I’ve been laid off from my role as Books and Fiction Editor. I’m looking for a new full-time role where I can use my storytelling skills, in the book world or beyond it. If you know of anything, I’m at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com. (🧵1/10)
it's been over a decade since this set changed me as a person -- connected me to parts of myself that needed this music to bring them into the light. that sounds hyperbolic but listening now I'm reminded of its wonder - seek it out.
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Found this 2010 article from Publishers Weekly talking about who was mastering Twitter in the book industry. I was a literary agent back then and had about 20k followers. I met some great people there and miss those early conversations.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
I read Candide for the first time last year. What a crazy book!
No! I will find a copy this week. Thanks for the recommendation!
I made a Candide bot that argues, no matter what you say, that we live in the best of all possible worlds.
