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NO ONE DOES THAT: Where did Lucy purchase her new vagina?
An odd title, but a worthy list of things to do to be a better literary citizen. It does all boil down to "don't be a turd person" doesn't it?
Lives and Letters: The Lion and the Mouse: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
A fascinating story inside early children's lit, libraries, and E. B. White's _Stuart Little_
When Lit-Crit Mattered - WSJ.com
In "Praising It New," Mr. Davis collects the essays of several New Critics, reminding us of the intensity of their readings and the insights that close attention to a poem or novel -- to "the work itself" -- can bring.
Master Swindler - washingtonpost.com
If you can't tell a forgery is a forgery, then is it really a forgery?
Critics choose their most-loathed books - Times Online
Martin Amis, Tolkien, Dostoevsky and many more
From Gary Presley: Navel Gazing in Creative Nonfiction « BREVITY’s Creative Nonfiction Blog
It's a mixed bag, but I echo the aesthetic reaction to some of the memoir-ish nonfiction and, more importantly, don't really *believe* a lot of it, factually or spirtually
The Ethical Exhibitionist: On the Pleasure of "On the Pleasure of Hating"
Maybe I should read (and re-read) some Hazlitt
The good humor man | Salon Books
Who invented jokes, and why do we laugh at them? Jim Holt discusses the history of funny.
The Claremont Institute - Man of a Thousand Faces
Homer: Pope vs Fagles (n.b. they're both great)
John McWhorter: the most unpopular black man in America? - Times Online
It might be good for people to read McWhorter's book before commenting. As far as I can tell, he seems right on
Studio One Book Club - British Columbia - CBC.ca
This program was created to give book lovers the chance to meet their literary heroes in the warm and intimate setting of CBC Radio's Studio One.
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