The Perils of ‘Contact Me’: in an essay in the New York Times, Ben Yagoda wonders whether authors have made themselves too accessible to readers.
The Perils of Contact
Art Spiegelman on Lynd Ward
At the Paris Review Daily, Art Spiegelman, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, recalls the influence of pioneering graphic novelist Lynd Ward in his introduction to Ward’s Six Novels in Woodcuts.
A Japanese Country Doctor
Recommended viewing: Kafka's "A Country Doctor" translated into Japanese animation.
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Lydia’s Advice
“Be patient – even with chaos.” Advice for the upcoming writer from Lydia Davis.
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The Story Prize 2011 Shortlist
The Story Prize has announced its nominees for the 2011 prize, We Others by Steven Millhauser, Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman, The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo. Our review of the latter was published today.
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Literary Arts Literally
Why read a book when you can carve it? Taiwanese artist Long-Bin Chen made a sculpture garden entirely out of carved books for The College of Charleston. Also have a look at Guy Laramee’s slightly smaller but equally amazing book sculptures.
“The First Step Into the Wide World”
This is from two years ago, but it's worth a listen if you missed it the first time: a moving Radiolab podcast on Alzheimer's, Düsseldorf, and the creative use of bus stops.
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Santa, my Liege
At McSweeney's, Shakespearean letters to Santa.
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I don’t know about this. Even with his tongue in cheek, it reads a bit like whining to me.