ink-splotch asks: Can we talk about Susan’s fabulous adventures after Narnia? The ones where she wears nylons and elegant blouses when she wants to, and short skirts and bright lipstick…Continue readingSusan After Narnia
If you said ‘selfie’, forget it; Merriam-Webster says it is ‘science’ Image credit: ThinkStock What makes a word the word of the year?” asks Arika Okrent in Mental Floss. Last…Continue readingWhat is the Word of the Year?
Staffers at Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, Wash., reacted to the prediction that Amazon will eventually deliver packages via drone by hanging one over the store’s registers with a sign: WE ARE…Continue readingThe Drone-resistant Bookstore
Isaac Fitzgerald suggests on Buzzfeed great gifts for book lovers but actually, one of them is…yeah, you guessed it. A poetic tote bag sporting a quote from one of America’s…Continue reading16 gifts for folks who have enough books
The nster website recently posted photos of the “Most Terrifying Places on Earth.” Number 2 on their list was Culloden Moor, Scotland. It could be my number one, although I…Continue readingMost Haunting Place on Earth?
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world, the folks at The…Continue readingYou say it how?
At SF Signal, James Aquilone asked writers and editors about their influences outside of the literary world — what or who has influenced their work? The answers ranged from George…Continue readingFrom Carlin and Gandhi to Pink Floyd
Being the Designated Book Nerd in your family or social circle is an important job, Rebecca Joines Schinsky reports on Book Riot, and it brings with it a certain set…Continue readingThings that happen to a Book Nerd
Brooklyn oil painter Tatyana Fazlalizadeh got fed up with dudes invading her space. So she started telling them so—very publicly. Photo courtesy of Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. For many women, just walking…Continue readingHer war against harassers