40 days ago by Melody Wilson

There are some reviewers who have their finger placed perfectly on the pulse of new releases. They know in January what July’s bestseller will be, and they are busy composing their 2012 sneak preview lists right now. I am not one of those reviewers. For a variety of reasons, none of which matter eno ...

Melody & Words - melodyandwords.com

42 days ago by Vinicius

Talvez seja possível dizer que em The Piazza Tales, o escritor nova-iorquino Herman Melville obstaculiza ao máximo o chamado prazer estético, guardando-o para momentos muito breves e específicos dos textos aparentemente enfadonhos que ali se encontram. Cabe ao leitor perscrutar a densa camada formal ...

Vinicius Figueira - viniciusfigueira.wordpress.com

42 days ago by Carol Borden

Maurice Sendak talks about his work and the art he loves, “My work has always been considered inappropriate, but the ones that I love, the ones that I think work as works of art and books are inappropriate.” There are also glimpses of his workspace and his dog. Don’t hold your breath for Wild Things ...

The Cultural Gutter - theculturalgutter.com

46 days ago

De uns tempos para cá, uma da obsessão dos "nerds" do Vale do Silício é criar um game que tenha tanta complexidade narrativa quanto Moby Dick, de Herman Melville. Quem confirma o fato é o jornalista Harold Goldberg. O caderno Link (do Estadão) publicou um artigo interessantíssimo assinado por ele co ...

C A S M U R R O S - blogcasmurros.blogspot.com

47 days ago by Ella Christoph

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In North America, a farmer who grows wheat gets only five percent of the money earned by selling a loaf of bread made from his crop. When my band recorded an album for MCA, our contract called for us to receive just seven percent of the net profits. [...]

Newcity - newcity.com

51 days ago by Rachel

“Dream tonight of peacock tails, diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessings few, but dreams tonight will shelter you.”

"It All Goes Back To ... - taulaes.wordpress.com

52 days ago by Jacinto Lucas Pires

"Não está em nenhum mapa; os lugares verdadeiros nunca estão." (Herman Melville)

O que eu gosto de bombas ... - oqueeugostodebombasdegasolina.blogspot.com

53 days ago by Kent Anderson

From classics old to classics new, the Chefs' discursive reading habits surfaced some gems in 2011. Continue reading »

The Scholarly Kitchen - scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

54 days ago by Lizzie Stark

As I mentioned in an early post, the main problem with Twilight isn’t its sparkly vampires who lack all traditional weaknesses or its anti-feminist sensibility. When you get right down to it, the trouble is that the writing is terrible, filled with cliche phrases (“smoldering eyes”), repeated words ...

Lizzie Stark - elizabethrstark.com

56 days ago by Javier Raya

, C. me regaló la palabra "respondencia" en un restaurante mientras terminábamos una segunda orden de tostadas de atún. Hablábamos de poesía -¿de qué más hablamos, C.?- y hablábamos de la poesía no como una irrupción de la voluntad en el curso de la vida, sino como de una lectura posible de la vida ...

Cuaderno de Raya - cuadernoderaya.blogspot.com