According to a study cited in The Guardian, contemporary authors are less likely to be influenced by classic literature than previous generations of writers.
The Declining Agony of Influence
A Writer Who Needed “The Talk”
The Journals and Diaries of E.M. Forster is now on sale, and among other things, it reveals that its author, who appeared to feel queasy about sex in general, didn’t know exactly how “male and female joined” until he was thirty years old.
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On Leading the Tiger
Google to launch e-reader
Google will launch the iriver Story HD this weekend. It will be the first e-reader built to be fully integrated with Google Books.
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Talking Covers Talks Covers
Fans of our U.S. and U.K. book cover comparison should head on over to Imprint Magazine for an interview with Talking Covers founder Sean Manning.
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Not sure I buy this. Zadie Smith comes to mind immediately. But I will check it out. Thank you for posting.