- Over at the LBC, nominee Marshall Klimasewiski has begun guest-blogging and, in his inaugural post, he observes, “My impression is that there are better answer to that every year, and anyone who thinks blogging is mostly about bitching and tearing things down hasn’t been visiting sites like this. (Not that there’s anything wrong with a little eloquent bitching, of course.)”
- Frank Wilson offers a contrarian take of The Road.
- Callie Miller nails what’s wrong with dismissing Web 2.0. And Scott has a few words of his own about Andrew Keen’s approach.
- Hitch on the Zachary Leader Amis bio.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel books editor Geeta Sharma-Jensen now goes “meekly into the recording studio” for the MJS‘s podcasting efforts.
- A fantastic cartoon describing the book blogger. (via Galleycat)
- In this month’s The Believer, Rolf Potts revisits Ginsberg. (via Ron Silliman)
- I was going to respond to John Freeman’s spintastic NPR appearance, but thankfully Colleen has echoed what I wanted to say.
- Former Chicago Sun-Times Book Editor Henry Kisor has kind words: “If, as time goes on, book sections should give way to literary blogs, I don’t think that is going to be such a bad thing. Discerning readers will always gravitate to the best-written blogs and the amateurish sites will wither on the vine.”
- Incidentally, Richard Ford may be interested to know that John Cheever did his writing in the basement. And I think we can all agree that Cheever had very little to offer.
- Yann Martel has a sense of humor. (via Bookninja)
© 2007, Edward Champion. All rights reserved.
Pretty much all the writers I know who have basements puts their writing desks there. Those who don’t have one work in their attics and die young of consumption from inhaling too much fiberglass insulation. Only amateurs work in a room with windows. Everybody knows that.
I have to quit blogging because:
1. Despite fewer readers than Ford, Ed, or the NYT, I experience feelings of moral obligation.
2. I have neither a basement nor an attic.
3. The room has window. (but no view.)
4. I choose not advertise my advanced degree as evidence of my finer knowledge.
5. I’ve never been to Terre Haute.
BK
Hey Dirda-o
I don’t wanna go
Down to the basement
There’s some Cheevers there
Hey Dirda-o
Don’t wanna go
Down to the basement
There’s some bloggers there
Duh-DUH duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh
Thanks, Ed, for the props to my cartoon on Finding Wonderland! Colleen gave me the heads-up. There will be another installment of Toon Thursday sometime tomorrow, providing I get my act together and open up my sketchbook…