Newsday Tuesday (Books and Bowel Movements)

Favorite Tweets:

Favorite Search Terms:

slashtopher coleman: I’m kind of excited that people search Slash this way. Play coming out soon?
“i’m in my zen mode” “sherman alexie: Sherman has a “zen mode?” Does it involve scraping tiny rakes across sand planes under bonsai trees. From now on, I will always capitalize author’s names when I google them.
buttcrack mechanic: I’m just….just why?

Book News:

THE EXCLAMATION MARK IS THE BEST @ More Intelligent Life (brought to this blog by @clairewords)
The A-Z Dictionary of Google Images For The Moment @ Daily Beast
How Much My Novel Cost Me @ Medium
75 at 75: Amy Clampitt Edition @ Poetry Foundation
Updike’s First Biographer Gets a Gold Medal @ John Updike Society

Lou Reed’s Adaptation of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe @ Brain Pickings

Lou Reed’s Adaptation of The Raven By Edgar Allen Poe @ Brain Pickings

Melissa Broder Is Twitters Most Fascinating Poet @ Flavorwire

Louisville’s Children Challenged To Read 1,000 Books Before Kindergarden @ Education Week

Fresh Ink: Feb. 25th @ Book Riot

Karate Chop by Dorthe Nors @ Rumpus

Why Is It So Hard To Find Literary Magazines That Publish Women @ Slate

11 Weirdest Movie Novelizations @ Huff Post

Langston Hughes Reads Two Poems From ‘The Weary Blues’ @ Open Culture

Vladimir Nabokov On Storytelling @ Brain Pickings

12 Excellent Memoirs By Authors Of Color @ Book Riot

An Epic Chart of 162 Young Adult Retellings @ Epic Reads

Listen To 15 Literary Icons Reading Their Own Work @ Flavorwire

Wondering If Personal Intelligence Exists @ Psychology Today

The Three E’s Of Literacy @ Edutopia

J.R.R. Tolkien On Why There’s No Writing For Children @ Brain Pickings

Is Hannah Horvath a Believable Young Author @ Book Riot

11 Free Websites To Practice English @ NYPL

Fascinating Graphs Trace Words’ Appearance in Songs @ Flavorwire

The Ploughshares Round-Down: Wait Better @ Ploughshares

To The Humanitarians of Tinder @ The Atlantic

Shakespeare Dating Tips @ Youtube

2013 Reading Habits Survey @ Book Riot

Which Type of Murakami Character Are You? @ Buzz Feed

Is She Writing About Me? A Profile of Lorrie Moore @ The Millions

Rejections of Joan Didion @ Explore

Alice Walker on Creativity @ Brain Pickings

Interview With NC Writer Katherine Faw Morris @ Granta

APRICOT MARMALADE AND APRICOT “CAKES” @ Brain Pickings

Dinner With Mr. Darcy @ Brain Pickings

A Brief History of the To-Do List @ Brain Pickings

JK Rowling Should Stop Writing @ Huff Post

Writers Answer Little Kids’ Big Questions @ Brain Pickings

Audio by Zora Neale Hurston @ Florida Memory

The Sixth Annual Shorty Awards Finalists @ Shorty Awards

Joseph Brodsky On How To Read a Book @ Brain Pickings

The Books That Will Transform Your World View @ Huff Post

“PW says I’ve ‘Found My Stride’ @ Emma Straub

The Children’s Book About a Satanic Daycare Actually Exists @ Buzz Feed

Unreadable Manuscript Decoded @ Huff Post

5 Tips For Parents Of a Precocious Reader @ NYPL

Worlds Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor Passes Away @ Huff Post

10 Classic Children’s and YA Books That Will Never Be Dated @ Book Riot

21 Vintage Curse Words That Are More Funny Than Offensive Today @ Huff Post

Literary Tourism Wyoming @ Book Riot

Scholars Discover New Poems By Ancient Greek Poetess Sappho @ Unabridged Chick

James Patterson and 11 Other Authors Who Love Independent Bookstores @ Zola Books

Amtrak Plans To Give Writing Residencies @ The Wire

Negative Reviews: To Post Or Not @ Books Speak Volumes

6 Maps That Explain How We Talk on Twitter @ Huff Post

Some Tuesday Wisdom For Those in a Book Slump

Sarah Churchwell On The Rise of Jay Gatsby And The Fall Of His Creator @ The Millions

9 Things ‘House Of Cards’ Took From Shakespeare @ Huff Post

Critical Linking February 23rd @ Book Riot

Five Books To Read When Your Done Binge Watching ‘House of Cards’ @ Book Riot

Why I Hate ‘Dead Poets Society’ @ The Atlantic

Audiobooks to Rock a Roadtrip @ Book Riot

In Praise of Neat & Tiny Bookstores @ Book Riot

23 Fascinating Words With No English Translations @ Huff Post

Lorrie Moore On New Short Stories @ Vulture

9 Books Every Runner Should Read @ Huff Post

On The Origin of ‘Fuck’ @ Huff Post

The Millions Top Ten January @ The Millions

10 Writers: On the Magic of Reading @ Huff Post

Book Nerd Episode 3: Book Taste @ Book Riot

These 8 Female Characters Deserve Their Own Damn Books @ Huff Post

Comments on recent book news? The cat wants to know. Thus…the speech bubble. I really liked the adaptation of The Raven by Lou Reed, the article on Why that guy hates Dead Poet’s Society (valid points), and A Brief History of the To Do List because I, due to my Mother, am a list-maker.

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