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Fumes made me go lowbrow, says writer - Times Online
A prize-winning novelist has won a settlement of more than £100,000 after she claimed to have become so intoxicated by fumes from a nearby shoe factory that she was reduced to writing thrillers.
books  writing  amusements 
january 2008 by amy
Books | Confronting the beast
The secret allure and the greatness of literature, the secret that sends us to it over and over again, with enthusiasm and a longing to find refuge and meaning, is that literature can repeatedly redeem for us the tragedy of the one from the statistics of
books  writing  literature  war  society 
september 2007 by amy
Salon.com Books | Now romancer
William Gibson has been hailed as a prophet and a futurist, but his eye is on the present moment. He talks to Salon about virtual readings, emerging technology and his new novel -- set in 2006.
books  writing  interviews 
august 2007 by amy
Books | The author and the Austen plot that exposed publishers' pride and prejudice
Her work has endured for two centuries, sold in its millions and inspired countless film and television adaptations. But would Jane Austen be able to find a publisher and an agent today? A cheeky experiment by an Austen enthusiast suggests not.
books  writing  amusements  arghh 
july 2007 by amy
Shouts & Murmurs: Inappropriate: Humor: The New Yorker
A children’s book that included the word “scrotum” was recently the subject of great controversy in school libraries nationwide.A search has discovered several more questionable titles and excerpts from other works intended for readers twelve and u
amusements  books  writing  society 
march 2007 by amy
Signs of the times | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books
[Monica Ali] My father introduced me to RK Narayan's writing, beginning at the beginning with Swami and Friends. I was in my early teens, living in a mill town in the north of England; it was some years before my first trip back to the subcontinent...
books  writing  travel 
november 2006 by amy
The last refuge of the outrageous | Books | The Australian
Government attempts to legislate virtue are like a noose around the necks of fiction writers. Lionel Shriver is appalled and claims the right for her characters to offend
books  writing  law  essays 
october 2006 by amy
Tiffany's natural order - Books - Entertainment - theage.com.au
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living - shortlisted for Orange prize
writing  books  environment 
april 2006 by amy
Angela Carter: Beauty and the beasts
The fantastical author Angela Carter died 14 years ago, but her work has never been more popular. Christina Patterson goes in search of the reasons why her gender-bending fairytales and gothic romances remain so enchanting.
books  writing 
january 2006 by amy
That's enough about Callimachus. Ed
Even in Ancient Greece, authors no doubt depended on editors as critics, champions and guides. And they still do today.
writing  books 
january 2006 by amy
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