So the awards were just given out by another literary group, the National Book Critics Circle, and one of the winners was poet Claudia Rankine. Check the web today and you'll find surprise in some corners .... why? Because award recognition and the work of a poet like Rankine don't always come together. Most writers … Continue reading And Justice for all
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Endangered… and necessary: A talk with Scott Timberg
No, this post isn't about the extinction of the Dodo; it could be, but it isn't. Actually, it's about another species whose situation is bad, though not as bad as the Dodo's (at least not yet): the critics/writers/various members of the contemporary arts and culture world. One of the insights prompted by reading Scott Timberg's book Culture … Continue reading Endangered… and necessary: A talk with Scott Timberg
Who do you write for? Martin’s lesson
Halt. Stop. Hold on a minute, that's what George RR Martin seems to be saying. There's been a small tempest of dismay over the recent announcement, by Martin's publishers, that the latest installment of his Ice and Fire saga won't appear in 2015. Items in Forbes from Erik Kain and Paul Tassi have framed the … Continue reading Who do you write for? Martin’s lesson
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