Some Books Are to Be Tasted
In Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart, the plaque on the door to Mo’s bookbinding workshop bears the legend: Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly....
View ArticleSaga vs. Series
Or: RT @melissa_marr *lit teacher moment* I didn’t write a saga–which is a specific type of text, NOT another wd for “series.” Thank you, Melissa Marr, author of the Wicked Lovely series, for this...
View ArticleStephen Fry on Language
Here’s a marvelous kinetic typography meditation on the joy of language and the limits of pedantry: Thanks to the lovely LeVar for sharing this via caligater.
View ArticleTechnoevil and Evolution
Interesting article this a.m. on The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Beware Social Media’s Surprising Dark Side.” At the South By Southwest Interactive conference, academics and critics voiced their...
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