I’m a little bit hooked on Flavorwire – they turn up some amazing, inspiring creative content. Like this list of Henry Miller’s tips on how to be a writer. COMMANDMENTS 1. Work on one thing at a time until finished. 2. Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.” 3.… [Read more…]
January 29, 2012
She is the… greatest. The inimitable Patti Smith has been busy of late and has new books out: Woolgathering and The Coral Sea. This fantastic quote introduces an earlier poetry collection, Witt: These ravings, observations, etc come from one who, beyond vows, is without mother, gender, or country who attempts to bleed from the word… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Best examples of the art of the essay: Orwell, Didion, Forster, Greer, Woolf, Montaigne, Capote and more. Many of the writers on this list would rather have been known as great novelists the mixture of unfiltered insight and immaculate prose found in these essays sings higher.
January 23, 2012
Portinatx to Sant Joan, Ibiza, Spain Hotels cling to the cliffs at Portinatx like acrylic nails, a perfect backdrop to sunburnt kids and beery parents. A small brown sign points the way out: Sant Joan. Sharp right, down-shift. The road lifts you above the roofs of the holiday apartments and turns its back on the… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012
Needing a Business Case for Reading Novels is an alien – and slightly depressing – concept. Nevertheless, any case for reading is a good one and Anne Kreamer’s argument that novel-reading can boost workplace fortunes by improving people’s ability to relate to others is admirably lucid. Her list of suggested reading is unfamiliar, apart from… [Read more…]
January 31, 2012
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