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the literary life 1/22/10I'm thumbing through Jane Smiley's 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel. It's a thick book: part memoir, part literary analysis, and part advice manual--writer to writer. It's also an ode to Smiley's love for books. I picked it up
I eat books now… I’ve been toying with the idea of making a book review website for a while now, and finally went through with it a few weeks ago. iEATbooks.com. Check it out. It’s not just me. There are about 9 people that re
My favorite bookstore in Seattle is closing. Or, rather, moving. I'm sure the new location will be fine. Maybe even an improvement. But this spot in Pioneer Square...has sentimental value for me. It was one of the first places I visited when I move
Mistakes are nothing more than learning opportunities to discover more clearly what I want. http://bit.ly/dsYvSG # Identified your desires, both big and small, and write them in your journal. http://bit.ly/dsYvSG # "The most important thing abo
Capitalist pigs Jane Smiley (who knows something about pigs… having written a novel with a swine research project run amok at the center of it… and who is raising a hog named “Rush Limbaugh”) on one overlooked ingredient in
When I was packing for my trip to Indiana, I laid out two books that I'd checked out of the library for the journey--the Third Angel by Alice Hoffman and Home by Marilynne Robinson. Bob walked by and saw the books. He exclaimed, "OMG, you're going to
This year's giveaway is Bringing it Together, a book and DVD, offered by a friend of the authors who also reads BTB. I have not read the book or seen it yet, but it's endorsed by Pulitzer Prize-winning author **Jane Smiley. I like what I'm reading ab
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Quirk Books, 2009) is Jane Austen's classic with zombies. To the original text has been added some violent and gory zombie interruptions. I wont be reviewing Jane Austen's work (which I love), but the idea of combinin
JE: As I’ve mentioned before (see interviews with Chris Cleave and Andre Dubus Jr.), friend of the blog and creator of Author Magazine, Bill Kenower, shoots an excellent series of author interviews at Third Place Books in Seattle. Bill’
I wanted to share two books with you. I enjoyed these some time ago and won’t be able to give you a detailed review of either. However, I recall enough to recommend them to you. 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley A novelist is ̶
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