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.”
One hundred tons of wisdom and learning
Reading Retreats
"Why not plan a vacation dedicated exclusively to reading?" asks Salon's Laura Miller.
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The Best of the Best
Authors, including Jennifer Egan, George Saunders, Ali Smith, and our own Chigozie Obioma, chose their Best Books of 2017 in a two-part series for The Guardian. If you enjoyed that list, make sure to check out our Year in Reading: 2017 series all throughout December.
Eerie Melodies
Attention Microphones fans! The Rumpus published an interview with a one Phil Elverum on Thursday.
The Humanity
I’ve written before about the ouroboric development of book reviewers reviewing book reviews. In The Spectator, Sam Leith uses a new book by David Lodge as a reason to ask: where will it all end?
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Finish that book. Finish that burrito.
Our own Mark O'Connell has an excellent piece over on The New Yorker's books blog detailing his propensity to abandon burritos books, even good ones, halfway through.
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