July 3rd, 2007
The Washington Post has an interview with writer Annie Dillard, who is a passionate master of the “lean and mean” writing style…which I admire often, but do not (myself) much subscribe to.
You may have to register to access the interview, but it’s free and worth it.
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July 2nd, 2007
The UK Telegraph has a fun article on the Harry Potter phenomenon, and why it is that these books have taken such hold of our imaginations.
Here’s a quick excerpt:
So how do they stack up as literary artefacts? The answer is, well enough. There’s not much to say about Rowling, sentence to sentence. She doesn’t drop [...]
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Joan of Arc: A Life (Penguin Lives) by Mary Gordon
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Mary loomed large in that springtime of art and letters, the Renaissance; she was to have no less an influence on artists in the ‘Second Spring’.
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