February 2013
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A Podcast That Has Old-School Smarts →
[Julie] Klausner might be at her most irresistible when the speed of her monologue picks up, and she seems to be working out ideas out loud. As critics develop and refine opinions into reviews, their first impressions, which is often the most honest ones, can get lost or muted. That rarely happens in “How Was Your Week?” In fact, Ms. Klausner, who studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade, makes...
December 2012
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I think one of the biggest lies that society tells us is that sex is easy and...
– Think More About Sex - Salon (via stuffmomnevertoldyou)
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picadorbookroom:
Lorin Stein, Editor of The Paris Review, speaks with PBS arts correspondent, Jeffrey Brown, about the art of the short story
JEFFREY BROWN: Give me an example of some either connection between a contemporary writer and an older story or, I don’t know, some insight that surprised you.
LORIN STEIN: It was a lot of fun seeing Mona Simpson, who is a writer and used to be an...
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November 2012
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[T]he only luxury he allows himself is buying books, paperback books, mostly...
– Paul Auster, Sunset Park (via picadorbookroom)
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If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would...
– A.N. Wilson
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People, they want real advice as much as they want real responsibility: not at...
– I Wish There Was Something That I Could Quit / Aaron Cometbus
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25 Writing Prompts to Inspire Twitter Fiction →
18. What would a superhero tweet?
19. Write a blurb describing how your favorite novel makes you feel, without using the name of the actual novel.
20. How would your favorite historical character use Twitter?
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