Today only at Woot, a Stephenie Meyer parody qua flashlight advert: “I was just watching you sleep. Isn’t that dark and brooding and romantic?” Edward brooded darkly.
Woot Twilight Parody
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Recommended Reading: Anne Barngrover's poem "My Lover Vows to Follow Me Even after He Leaves Me" at Paper Darts. "If trust is to hem your promises/into my jacket lining like folded dollars during/an ice storm, then I have been trusting all my life."
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Risen
In Ireland, Easter is a holiday with great historical significance, thanks to the eponymous uprising that took place in Dublin in 1916. W.B. Yeats lived a short distance away from the spot where the uprising began. Compelled to write about the event, Yeats produced one of his most famous poems, the genius of which is analyzed here by Brett Beasleyin. You could also read Matt Kavanagh on Irish financial fiction after 2008.
The Death of the Camera
"Camera-equipped smartphones are now in spitting distance of outnumbering traditional cameras in the percentage of photos and videos taken with them," according to analyst NPD Group.
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Load Up!
Oh, snap! Dalkey Archive Press is having its Summer Sale! 10 books for $65, or 20 books for $120.
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Route Nine’s Alumni Omnibus: 50 Years in the Making
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA Program, the school’s literary magazine – Route Nine – gathered work from over 80 alumni to create a special Alumni Omnibus issue. The collection just went online recently, and it’s tremendous.
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Lolita Grows Up
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita has gone through many cover transformations over the years. Did you know this one was supposed to be sideways?
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