Bill Cheng's Blog, page 47
January 30, 2014
"Klay lets us feel what life is like on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan with stories ranging..."
- Library Journal's pre-pub review of Redeployment by Phil Klay (via thepenguinpress)
January 28, 2014
theworkshopblog:
Congratulations to Jason Porter, our inaugural...
Congratulations to Jason Porter, our inaugural Workshop guest.
Jason is the debut novelist of Why Are You So Sad (Plume 2014) whose book dropped today! Publisher’s Weekly calls the book “a smart, compact debut that…resonates on both tragic and comic levels.”
Keep your eyes on this space for our conversation with Jason and this gut-splitting, heart-breaking new book.
January 23, 2014
sagansense:
I’ve been seeing a lot of icicles lately, and they...
I’ve been seeing a lot of icicles lately, and they always remind me of Andy Goldsworthy. He’s a British artist who makes natural sculptures, putting together twigs, grass, leaves and rocks with nothing but his hands.
These are moments from “Rivers and Tides,” a 2001 documentary by Thomas Riedelsheimer that follows Goldsworthy as he works. The artist’s process seems like it would be incredibly frustrating (especially with frozen hands) but the delicately balanced results are amazing.
Source: skunkbear
January 20, 2014
January 19, 2014
millionsmillions:
Looking for someone to whip your writing into...
Looking for someone to whip your writing into shape? Then tweet the new Gordon Lish bot, a Twitter account which offers unvarnished critiques of your tweets and fictional sentences. (Related: Frank Kovarik on the editor’s relationship with Raymond Carver.)
"You don’t have to name the character’s problem, just describe its effects."
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(via theparisreview)
January 18, 2014
Richard Sandler
The Gods Of Times Square was shot over a six...
The Gods Of Times Square was shot over a six year period that witnessed a radical transformation of “the Crossroads of the World.” Gone now are the mom and pop stores, squeezed out by a real estate gold rush. Gone too are the colorful characters who made Times Square a “Speaker’s Corner.” The Gods of Times Square thus records a moment in New York City history when the place most identified with free speech and free spirits, changed from a democratic, inter-racial, common-ground, to a corporate controlled soulless theme park. Now the choices are fewer, the prices are higher, and the “sin” is gone. The fabled “white way” now plays host to the newest of Gods: Mickey, Minnie and Goofy on one corner, Bugs Daffy and Porky on the other.
