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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Two Pages a Day
There is a lot of very bad writing advice out there. The best piece that I have received is to write two pages a day, no matter what happens. That advice has been repeated so often that its origins are misty and trotting it out in writing circles seems tired. An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education by Jay Parini explains what is so magical about that particular quota. It also has some tidbits on elder statesman Updike’s writing habits.
Posted in Writing
Tagged chronicle of higher education, jay parini, john updike
Choosing an MFA Program
The Poets and Writers Speakeasy (registration required) has an interesting and up-to-date thread on choosing an MFA program.
Posted in Education
Tagged mfa, poets and writers
The Beat Goes On
The Washington Post is running a review of I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg.
Posted in Reading
Tagged allen ginsberg, book review, washington post
Insubstantial
The Los Angeles Times has an article on Pablo Fenjves, O. J. Simpson’s ghostwriter.
Posted in Reading
Tagged ghostwriter, hack, la times, oj simpson, pablo fenjves
Pirsig's Last
The Guardian is hosting an interview with Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author Robert Pirsig, who claims that the interview will be his last.
Posted in Reading
Tagged guardian, interview, robert pirsig
Think of the Children
In an article on the aftermath of the cancellation of O. J. Simpson’s book, the Associated Press (by way of the New York Times) reveals that Simpson was well aware of the tasteless nature of the work and that his only motivation for participating was grabbing some of that good “blood money” (for his children, you see).
Posted in Reading
Tagged capitalism, new york times, oj simpson, publishing
From the Archives
The National Archives, that is. National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation has an interview with the editors of Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment. The editors, while doing research, were surprised that these photographs, commissioned by the government of the United States and long available in the Archives, had never been presented in a book.
Posted in Reading
Tagged censorship, dorothea lange, interview, national archives, npr, research