Blogs about Books and literature
51 blogs about Books and literature. Page 3 of 3.
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Shiny New Books
“What to Read Next and Why.” By Annabel Gaskell, Harriet Devine. 🇬🇧Updated
Suburbs: A Very Short Introduction by Carl Abbott Review by Liz Dexter There are by now over 700 Very Short Introductions, on the Book of Common Prayer, the Brain, Modern Latin American Literature, Volcanoes, inter alia, and now on Suburbs. The author, Carl …
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Staircase Wit
“a blog primarily about books.” By Constance. 🇺🇸Updated
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy #ReadingIreland2023 Title: Heart and SoulAuthor: Maeve BinchyNarrator: Sile BerminghamPublication: Random House, Audio, 2008Genre: FictionSetting: IrelandDescription: Dr. Clara Casey had been hoping for a different job but instead finds herself managing a new Heart Clinic attached to …
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The Stone and the Shell
“Using large digital libraries to advance literary history.” By Ted Underwood. 🇺🇸Updated
Using GPT-4 to measure the passage of time in fiction Large language models are valuable research assistants, especially when they refuse to follow instructions.
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Tim Boucher
“Questionable content, possibly linked.” 🇨🇦Updated
More thoughts on coding with ChatGPT It’s funny yesterday I was looking around for videos about coding with ChatGPT from a “no code” perspective (or rather for people who don’t already know how to code – no know code?), and it …
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Tony's Reading List
“Too lazy to be a writer - Too egotistical to be quiet.” 🇦🇺Updated
IBP 2023 Round Up – Reviews One & Two I’ve already published a few introductory posts for this year’s International Booker Prize, having introduced the latest Shadow Panel, made a pathetic attempt to predict the longlist, revealed the actual final thirteen and provided our …
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Travel Between The Pages
“The Intersection of Travel, Books & Art.” By Brian D. Butler. 🇺🇸Updated
The Writing Life The Writing Life is a wonderful short video essay about the demands and rewards that come with the pursuit of writing as a vocation. The video is told through the films of Wes Anderson featuring …
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The Untranslated
“A blog about literature not yet available in English.” By Andrei. 🇺🇸Updated
Group Read of José Trigo: The Final Event at The Untranslated Book Club Before It Closes Down On February 6, 2023, we are starting our group read of Fernando del Paso’s masterpiece José Trigo, which is going to be the last event at The Untranslated Book Club. If you have at least …
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Verso
“Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world.” 🇬🇧 🇺🇸Updated
Their Regime Must Fall “Can the government fall?” asked BFM TV two days before that same government resorted to Article 49.3. It’s no longer time for wishing, but for contributing. We have been patient–far too patient. In 2016, the …
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Vertigo
“Where literature and art intersect, with an emphasis on W.G. Sebald and literature with embedded photographs.”Updated
“It could have only been written by a Spaniard” — Two More Fake Artists In his slim little book Because She Never Asked Enrique Vila-Matas tells a story about the artist Rita Malú,* who looks like the famous French artist Sophie Calle, who “dreamed of the day when Sophie …
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Wynken de Worde
“Sarah Werner’s blog about reading, early modern books, and digital tools.” 🇺🇸Updated
reading for the future Isn’t a bit weird that we do end-of-year reading highlights? By “we” I of course mean me, but also I’m not the only one who does this. Is this the turn from 2022 to 2023? …
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Yellowed Perils
“Thoughts and comments on the world of the pulp magazines.” By William Lampkin. 🇺🇸Updated
A fateful blizzard for two fictioneers On a wintry evening in early 1922, Chauncey and Edith Brainerd settled into the warm comfort of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., to watch the silent film Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford. Little did the two pulp …
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