One thing that you’ll find on litblogs that you won’t find in your local newspaper are lengthy reports, laced with detail (perhaps too much detail!), of author readings. And for David Mitchell fans, Callie Miller has begun the first in a series of posts on waiting for the Swan Man at Skylight Books.
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Because the Hipsters These Days Are Really Saying, “Dude, That Was So Gladwell!”
New York Magazine: “He’s 42 and his name has already become an adjective.”
If You Decide to Cash in on Nostalgia, Go to Page 42
The Choose Your Own Adventure books are being reissued.
So Where Are the Pundits?
“We need some Johnsonian or Ruskinian pundit to frighten everybody with near impossible conditions for true creativity. We have to stop thinking that what kindergarten children produce with pencil or watercolour, is anything more than charming or quaint. If you want to be considered a poet, you will have to show your mastery of the Petrachan sonnet form or the sestina. Your musical efforts must begin with well-formed fugues. There is no substitute for craft. There, I think, you may have the nub of the matter. Art begins with craft, and there is no art until craft has been mastered. You can’t create unless you’re willing to subordinate the creative impulse to the constriction of a form. But the learning of a craft takes time, and we all think we’re entitled to short cuts.”
— Anthony Burgess, “A Deadly Sin — Creativity for All,” from But Do Blondes Prefer Gentleman?
Richards in the House
The fantastic Linda Richards, editor of January Magazine, now has a blog.