My mom reacts to Reading Rainbow’s demise and points out that the show didn’t have to go and other less edifying programming is eluding the funding crunch.
More on Reading Rainbow
A Lust for Lists
"Why do we lust for lists?" Sandra M. Gilbert may not have an answer, but she does have a response to all those "100 Best American Novels" lists (and a list of her own). The Millions has a few lists too, of course - be sure to check out Janet Potter's "28 Books You Should Read If You Want To."
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You Are What You Read
Two new studies reaffirm what good readers (and Quixote and Pechorin) have long known—when you identify with a fictional characters, you are likely to subconsciously emulate them.
Some links
"i need more sprawling post-modern novels NOW!" is the plea at Ask MetaFilter.Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library has thousands of images from their collection online. It's just like being in the dusty stacks.I've been enjoying emdashes lately. It's a blog about my favorite magazine.
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Hear what everyone has to say but don’t listen to anyone (except me).
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door author Etgar Keret shares “Ten Rules for Writers” with Rookie.
Triple Threat
It’s either ironic or perfectly apropos that on the day the royal baby was born, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie teamed up for a rare joint reading.
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Ignoring Genre
In an interview with The Atlantic, Zone One author Colson Whitehead says the distinction between "literary" and "fantasy" genres "have no use for me in my day-to-day work experience." Whitehead is just one of the recent high-profile authors to foray into genre fiction, however, as Kim Wright explored in a piece for us last month.
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I really like that post of your mom’s, Max. I linked it at Chicken Spaghetti, and added her blog to my Bloglines, too.