Originally posted on rachelmankowitz:
I have discovered that three out of four writers can stand for two hours at a book signing event, and I am the fourth writer. I did stand for the short presentations, where each of us described our books, though I had to lean on random pieces of furniture while the…
Originally posted on Discover:
Want to read more than 100 famous works of literature in no time? John Atkinson, the cartoonist at Wrong Hands, has the perfect book for you. In Abridged Classics, just published by HarperCollins, he compiles super-succinct summaries of literary classics in the light-hearted, humorous style that his blog readers have grown to…
Originally posted on The Solivagant Writer:
That’s me! Or so that’s what Myers Briggs Personality Test has continued to reveal. An INFJ, to be exact. I don’t know how much I trust the test. Mainly because I feel I may lean into the INTJ category as well. (But I am no expert in the matter.)…
Originally posted on Amaan Khan:
Toward the end of his life, my father began presenting many signs of senile dementia. For instance, several times a day, he would call out for Rita, plead with me for a chance to meet her–Rita, a woman who was not my deceased mother and whom I had no knowledge…
Originally posted on yaskhan:
Fireflies lambent In twilight’s emerald hue… Night lays bare its scent. Fireplace burns hushed time As crackle of flames glitter On evening’s chemise… Satiny stars flicker Splattering across ebony Breathing jeweled dew… Night’s alchemy lures Syncopated rhapsody In moonlit octave… Sleep shadows the eyes Like keeper of the night Stars rhythm…
Originally posted on Dr. Manoj Kumar Bhambu:
· If you do any work…. yes any work with passion you will be a successful person not only in that work but in almost all walks of life. · Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe. · Once we find out the purpose of…
Originally posted on yaskhan:
In the poetry of stars I sing songs of solitude In an awakening night The wind slips me dreams… Clouds and moon play peek-a-boo Gathering dancing shadows On a siver dewed landscape A breeze anchors me Among night blossoms A virginal moon plays Song of the stars
Originally posted on eternamenta:
Esteemed Readers, I wish to go on a bit an elephant theme, so precious to me :-), & to tell you about Babar. However, many of you should be familiar with this amazing elephant. If be more precise, with a character invented by Cécile de Brunoff & designed by her husband…
Originally posted on Longreads:
Philip Jett | The Death of an Heir | St. Martin’s Press | September 2017 | 27 minutes (7,489 words) Below is an excerpt from The Death of an Heir, Philip Jett’s absorbing new book of true crime, about the botched kidnapping of Adolph Coors III, the Coors brewery CEO, which launched one of the…
Originally posted on Longreads:
At Bookforum, Carl Wilson writes on the genuis of Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. In looking at David Yaffe’s Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell, Wilson argues that Joni’s musical talent and accomplishments have been “asterisked” over the years because she was a woman, and that it’s long past time she…
