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April 11, 2012
Reject Yourself! 0
by Nick Moran
The first time’s always the hardest, right? Well, what if you could dull the pain of future rejection letters by preempting your favorite publication’s editors? That’s right. Now you can reject yourself with the Rejection Generator. And just to show that we’re not taking sides on this issue, check out some of the utter dross [...]
April 11, 2012
Edith Wharton: A Writer’s Reflections 4
by Roxana Robinson
Wharton’s deepest concern was morality. She wrote about the struggle between the body and the mind, that battlefield from which morality emerges. Central to her work are stifled and illicit passions, manifested in divorce, adultery, incest, and illegitimacy. Her writing was stylistically decorous but socially transgressive: her prose is so elegant that her message comes as a shock, like a sword wrapped in satin.
April 11, 2012
Next Up: Volcanic Vodka 0
by Nick Moran
What’s cooler: bourbon aged at sea, or beer made from barley launched into space?
April 11, 2012
Springfield, Springfield, It’s a Hell of a Town! 0
by Nick Moran
In a big reveal to devout fans like me, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening finally copped to the fictional Springfield’s real-life inspiration: Springfield, Oregon. Of course this matter has been widely pondered before, and was perhaps even answered by Paul Nelson and his cohorts at SNPP.com.
April 11, 2012
High Wire Act: Why I Started Writing By Hand 32
by Kevin Hartnett
I had several reasons for wanting to write by hand. Writing on the computer feels like going to war with myself. In fact, just thinking about a blank Word document makes me sweat.
April 10, 2012
Recomended Reading 0
by Emily M. Keeler
Electric Literature‘s latest venture, Recommended Reading, features short stories selected by other writers. Check out the Kickstater page for more info. And hey, maybe give ‘em some money while you’re there.
