The idea of having to diagram a sentence still gives us nightmares, but Pop Chart Lab has diagrammed opening lines of famous novels, including those as simple as Slaughterhouse-Five and as complex as Don Quixote.
Beautiful Sentence Diagrams
Depp on Thompson
With the imminent release of The Rum Diary, Johnny Depp shares some personal memories of the late Hunter S. Thompson.
In Brief
Leave it to the Paris Review to come up with this amazing contest: send them your “most self-seriously bookish” photo for a chance to win a Frank Clegg briefcase.
Tips on Surviving Cancer
Rebecca Pederson’s Tips On Surviving Your Cancer: Make it your Facebook status, shave your head, obtain at least one TV series box set and one reliable barf bucket, and more on Hairpin.
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The Indiana Review is Digitizing
The Indiana Review is adding archived story excerpts and poems to its website. Here’s a Peter Jay Shippy poem they recommend.
Wherefore art thou Luke Skywalker?
Good versus evil, a hero coming of age, wars, and sibling love — Star Wars is the play William Shakespeare never wrote. Fortunately, Ian Doescher rewrote the tale of the Jedi in iambic pentameter in William Shakespeare’s Star Wars. The best part is the book trailer, which features Shakespearean actors wielding lightsabers.
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