From Andy Warhol’s A to Vassilis Vassilikos’ Z (and now Tom McCarthy’s C), AbeBooks lists the shortest book titles.
A to Z of the Shortest Book Titles
“I’d grown up watching and playing baseball.”
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That’s What She Said
“It is so chic to be an author. To be known for one’s writing is to be truly known, do you not think?” Mindy Kaling states in the beginning of B.J. Novak’s French New Wave satire book trailer. Novak isn’t just Ryan from The Office, he also writes fiction. His short story collection, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, will be out February 4th, but in the meantime, you can read an excerpt at NPR.
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One hundred tons of wisdom and learning
Ryeberg, an online magazine of writers curating YouTube videos, has a handy guide to creating an ebook in 8 easy steps. Step number 2: “Transform the information from the tape into static cosmic energy.”
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Are you a woman of color writer in need of the time and space provided by a writing retreat, ideally in October? Then you’re in luck, applications for the Jack Jones Literary Arts retreat have just opened! New York Times Magazine writer Jenna Wortham is this year’s Writer-in-Residence. Applications are due April 1st and there is a $35 application fee. But if you hurry you might be able to get your application fee waived thanks to generous donors. We urge you to apply now and wish you the best of luck!
Himself
Recommended Reading: Richard Kreitner on the legacy of Walt Whitman.
I need to finish my novel called .
Stephen Dedalus once planned to do a whole series of alphabet books. From Ulysses, Ch. 3 (Proteus), Stephen’s thoughts while walking along Sandymount Strand: “Books you were going to write with letters for titles. Have you read his F? Yes, but I prefer Q. Yes, but W is wonderful. O yes, W.” (Has anyone ever skewered an author’s narcissism more sharply, or more warmly and sympathetically, than Joyce does here?)