Category: The Art of Writing

Meet the Reclusive Woman Who Became a Pioneer of Science Fiction | Literary Hub

I’m standing in front of a house outside Cleveland, half-waiting for a spaceship to arrive. When it finally appears, blotting out the sky, I will crane my neck
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‘Screw the snobbish literati’: was Kurt Vonnegut a science-fiction writer? | Books | The Guardian

‘Screw the snobbish literati’: was Kurt Vonnegut a science-fiction writer? | Books | The Guardian
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Selections from One-Star Amazon Reviews of Flannery O’Connor’s Short Story Collections and Novels

Selections from One-Star Amazon Reviews of Flannery O’Connor’s Short Story Collections and Novels

http://biblioklept.org/2019/03/25/selections-from-one-star-amazon-reviews-of-flannery-oconnors-short-story-collections-and-novels-2/
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I like this article’s different approach to reviewing a work: taking the comments from one rating. In some ways, choosing the comments from the one-star rating is more interesting (and telling) than choosing the typical hyperbole from the five-star rating.

A review of Octavia Butler’s dystopian novel Parable of the Sower

A review of Octavia Butler’s dystopian novel Parable of the Sower

http://biblioklept.org/2019/03/25/a-review-of-octavia-butlers-dystopian-novel-parable-of-the-sower/
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Electric Literature Moves to WordPress — Here’s How an Indie Publisher Thrives on the Open Web

Electric Literature Moves to WordPress — Here’s How an Indie Publisher Thrives on the Open Web

http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2019/03/25/electric-literature-moves-to-wordpress/
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