Always carry a pencil
Via Kahunna, an essay called Always Carry A Pencil: “An adept reader “phrases” a book as Ella Fitzgerald “phrases” Cole Porter, here leaning into the words and holding them back, there partnering them...
View ArticleThe Nanowrimo Approacheth (“Water for Elephants” reviewed)
I just finished Water for Elephants last week. This is the New York Times bestseller, the one that looks like it should have an “Oprah’s Book Club” ribbon printed on the front. In short, the kind of...
View ArticleProfiled: Journalism’s only working nonagenarian
Check out the Sacramento Bee’s recent piece on Daniel Schorr from NPR. At 91, the man’s still working, suspicious of blogs (and respectful of the copy desk), and a pretty interesting guy. It looks like...
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