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"Book awards: CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century"
In the words of William Kennedy, “Aspiring writers should read the entire canon of literature that precedes them, back to the Greeks, up to the current issue of The Paris Review.”
" I spoke about Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity, something at the heart of Brain Pickings and of increasing importance as we face our present information reality. The talk is now available online — full (approximate) transcript below, enhanced with images and links to all materials referenced in the talk."
"Top 100 Works in World Literature
The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54 countries on what they considered the “best and most central works in world literature.” Among the authors polled were Milan Kundera, Doris Lessing, Seamus Heaney, Salman Rushdie, Wole Soyinka, John Irving, Nadine Gordimer, and Carlos Fuentes. The list of 100 works appears alphabetically by author. Although the books were not ranked, the editors revealed that Don Quixote received 50% more votes than any other book.
- Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute"
"Each accomplished author seems to have a different secret to the craft of writing, but some of the most enduring advice comes from legendary German literary critic, philosopher, and essayists Walter Benjamin. Under a section titled “Post No Bills” in his 1928 treatise One-Way Street, found in his indispensable Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings (public library), Benjamin offers thirteen essentials of the writer’s technique, touching on familiar themes like the value of keeping a notebook (Virginia Woolf), the incubation period of ideas (T. S. Eliot), the role of discipline (Henry Miller), and the distinct stages of writing (Malcolm Cowley):"
"In 2001 Atwan and Joyce Carol Oates took on the daunting task of tracing that ever-shifting process through the previous 100 years for The Best American Essays of the Century. Recently Atwan returned with a more focused selection for Publishers Weekly: “The Top 10 Essays Since 1950.”"
"But what do the authors themselves have to say about all this? After the jump, we’ve collected a few of our favorite hilarious responses from authors when their books were banned or challenged — because when there’s a challenge, why not challenge right back? "
"Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶?, June 15, 1763 - November 19, 1827),[1] was a Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest of the Jōdo Shinshū sect known for his haiku poems and journals. He is better known as simply Issa (一茶?), a pen name meaning Cup-of-tea[2] (lit. "one [cup of] tea"). He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Bashō, Buson and Shiki - 'the Great Four, Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki'.[3]"
"The editors of Poetry magazine offer between-issue tidbits, the latest news on Poetry magazine authors, and more"
"Legendary editor Robert Gottlieb on working with literary stars -- and the miseries of his own writing process"
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"John Steinbeck had agreed to a Paris Review interview late in his life. He had earlier been coy about it but then wanted the interview very much. He was, unfortunately, too sick to work on the project, though it was at the end often in his thoughts. With this interest of his in mind, the editors of this magazine compiled a number of comments on the art of fiction that John Steinbeck made over the years. Some come from the East of Eden diaries, published in December 1969 by Viking Press under the title Journal of a Novel. Others are excerpted from letters, some of which have been collected under the title Steinbeck: A Life in Letters and published in October 1975 by Viking. The quotes have been organized under various topic headings rather than chronologically, as they are in the diaries and letters. Nathaniel Benchley, a close friend of the author, has provided the introduction."
"The problem of definition
Working within genres
Constructing the audience
Advantages of generic analysis
D.I.Y. Generic analysis
Appendix 1: Taxonomies of genres
Appendix 2: Generic textual features of film and television
References and suggested reading
PDF version of this document
PDF version of this document in a German translation by Alexander Mueller"
"Daniel Chandler
This book is a wide-ranging exploration of the act of writing which focuses on a variety of ways in which the experience is framed by academic and literary writers. With a primary focus on academic writing, Dr Chandler outlines the importance of the media and processes of mediation involved, referring in particular to language, the written word, textual genres, writing tools, academic disciplines and roles, publishing systems and personality.
Daniel Chandler has produced an exhaustive study of the writing process from a variety of perspectives, his seventeen-page bibliography being a testament in its own right to the size of his undertaking... The range of writers quoted is fascinating, and the extracts which illustrate what they have to say about their craft are a never-ending source of delight... There is much in this work which will be useful to writers, particularly those in academic settings, whose needs are held in mind throughout the text.
Anthony Adams, University of Cambridge (Welsh Journal of Education) "
"My purpose here is to help you maximize the usefulness of your upcoming tour. So without further ado, here are “The 5 Commandments for Blog Tourists”. Follow these, and your tour will be much more successful."
48 items | 1 visits
Gathering sites of interest to those who read and write or teach others to read and write
Updated on Dec 09, 13
Created on Jul 05, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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