Recommended Listening: Brad Listi’s interview with The Last Illusion author and Millions contributor Porochista Khakpour.
More Illusions
Beholden Like Us
It may comfort you to know that Susan Orlean claims to have “a sad dependence” on her iPhone. The New Yorker staff writer, who published an article (paywall) on the Twitter account Horse_ebooks this week, tells Bobby Finger that she had to buy a new battery case because she ran through the charge on her phone by the middle of the day.
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The Sound of Privilege
On Friday, May 10th, Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby hits theaters. To get ready, check out the soundtrack, which the folks at NPR were kind enough to post online. (h/t Salon)
“You’re a fiction writing professor.”
“You have a hard time imagining how the things you've experienced or discovered, which seem abjectly personal, could be of use to another writer. You're aware that you can follow every single rule in the book, and still write a crappy story.” The Preservationist author Justin Kramon grapples with the idea of teaching writing to college students.
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Best of Full Stop
Sure, you could look ahead to the happenings of 2012, but that's only half as fun as recapping Full Stop's 2011 "Best of the Blog" archives. (Part 2 here)
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Frankenstein Survives
The Bodleian Library has digitized Mary Shelley’s notebooks containing Frankenstein.
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Internet Tendency, Redesigned
The charmingly lo-fi McSweeney's website gets a redesign and manages to stay charmingly lo-fi.
“The Ukraine is Weak!”
Ever wonder why some countries get a fancy “the” in front of their names?