Sometimes good writers write very badly. As evidence, Literary Hub has collected samples of bad writing from the likes of Year in Reading alum Isaac Fitzgerald and Daniel Clowes, who we interviewed here.
Bad from Good
Big Books, Big Brains
We like big books and we cannot lie. But are books just continuing to get longer and longer? A new survey of bestsellers has concluded that the average book is now 25% bigger than its counterpart fifteen years ago. The Guardian investigates. Mark O’Connell at The Millions has his own theory about long books.
Perry’s “Oops”
"Oops is everything that Perry could not do if he still wanted to be President." What you missed while not watching last night's Republican Debate in Detroit.
Life After Boobie
Grantland's got a nice excerpt from Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights follow-up, After Friday Night Lights. The book was released last week by Byliner.
Failing Upwards
Recommended Reading: Tony Kushner’s recent speech at the Whiting Writers' Awards.
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Charting New Territory
How do editors discover new talent? John Freeman, the former editor of Granta, on how he finds new writers.