“Human Moments in World War III” by Don DeLillo A note about Vollmer. He no longer describes the earth as a library globe or a map that has come alive, as a cosmic eye staring into deep space. This last was his most ambitious fling at imagery. The war has changed the way he sees the […]
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Men have breaking points. Stick them in a cubicle and harangue the fuck out of them, take away all their opportunities to express their aggression, ring them in with a masterful cage of passive-aggressive bullshit, and repeat ad nauseum for forty fucking years… Well, you get the idea. Which is why I’m planning my escape […]
via Echo: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel — Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha
Beloved stage and screen actor, geriatric bank robber, and Norman Mailer hammerer Rip Torn passed away on Tuesday, after a long battle with genteel society. He was 88. There have been many wonderful Torn performances down through the years, from his Tony-nominated early role as a sadistic young ne’er-do-well in Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of…
via Remembering Rip Torn’s “I . . . am a writer” speech from Wonder Boys — Literary Hub
Odds are you guessed this terribly, terribly wrong. And if you guessed “Luck be in the air tonight” maybe this blog post won’t help you much anyways… Blogging using some cuss words has become quite trendy among some incredibly popular bloggers and social media users, but I’m wondering if it’s really worth it? Or beneficial? […]
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Laura Drake “Where do you get your ideas?” Every writer has been asked this at least a dozen times. In fact, famous authors have come up with outrageous answers, so they don’t have to go into it. Think I’m kidding? “From the Idea-of-the-Month Club.” – Neil Gaiman “The Idea Book.… Read the post
via Ideation: Where Do Ideas Come From? — Writers In The Storm
Chaos – a noun: complete disorder and confusion. Conflict – a verb: be incompatible or at variance; clash Two words. One a noun, the other used as a verb. Both connotate similar emotions. The universe was created of chaos. Human beings can’t seem to live for any extended periods without being in some state of […]
POEM “BROKENHEARTED BLUES” by martin gedge Sitting on this bar stool where all the sorrows go drinking to forget just to let the sadness flow walking are the wounded with their battle scars to show searching for the underlying clues of how they got to bottom drop each bottle brought despair there’s a […]
via “BROKENHEARTED BLUES”~by Martin Gedge — OUR POETRY CORNER
DESIRE By: Dr.Saroj K Padhi The half-moon is not so bright But awakens dormant desires Of many shreds this very night. The sky of your body spreads out With desire in every pore Pining to contain love Behind heaven’s closed door. Honey of affection from across the foliage green Drenches my entire being […]
In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle reviews a classic fantasy novel that responds to the epic poem Beowulf History, they say, is written by the victors. Although this isn’t universally true – there are many testaments and narratives by those who were on the losing side, or who were victim […]
via Fantasy Book Review: John Gardner’s Grendel — Interesting Literature
Our Senses All ready to be opened from the moment of our birth. These are our gifts for life, with our first breath on earth. Most know of only five, I feel there must be more. So I went searching on the net and found what I was looking for. Besides the constant […]
By Patrick Smith, Bainbridge State College, Georgia Writers have drawn on vivid descriptions of the visual arts to enhance their work since Homer famously used 130 lines to describe the chronicle emblazoned on Achilles’s shield in Book 18 of Homer’s Iliad more than 2,500 years ago. Ekphrasis—the representation in language of a work of art—acts […]
via Guest Blog: 10 Examples of Ekphrasis in Contemporary Literature — Interesting Literature
She looks away from life closer to the ocean Thoughts of identity Nibble at her feet The tide turns heavy Her mind turns light She is consumed by the ocean Goddess of insights The boat invites a freedom that she has been seeking all this while The pinks of her dress turning darker every night […]
In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle reads an enjoyable and high-octane fantasy from one of the genre’s most original voices Here’s a question for you. Have you heard of the poet William Ashbless? He has his own Wikipedia page. Yet he doesn’t exist. He never […]
via Fantasy Book Review: Tim Powers, The Anubis Gates — Interesting Literature
Poezi nga Iliriana Sulkuqi MËMËDHÈ… Paske dalë në semafor të turpit. Mos m’u mburr me pemë, lumej, male, me fruta gjithëstinëshe, as me papiruset e të parëve… Mëmëdhe, ta paskan hashashur trupin. Ta paskan bërë KUJTESËN-Harresë… Mos u mburr më me Fishtën, Asdrenin, Naimin, as me Skenderbe e nënë Terezë… … Mëmëdhe, të gjitha […]
via MËMËDHÈ… / Poezi nga Iliriana Sulkuqi — Galaktika Poetike “ATUNIS”
Originally posted on Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub: Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with this book in exchange for my honest opinion. This will be available to purchase on July second. In case it isn’t painfully obvious based on my other blog posts, I love fantasy of every kind. I was so excited to…
Phil Slattery, Writer, Publisher 