http://literazzi.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ The Buzz on Books en Vox Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:17:42 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-listen-to-the-lyrics.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-listen-to-the-lyrics.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-listen-to-the-lyrics.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:17:42 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/audio/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398d47cc50005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398d47cc50005-50si" alt="Watching The Wheels" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Audio: Share a song with powerful lyrics. Watching the Wheels John Lennon People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing, Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin, When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strang... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-listen-to-the-lyrics.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398d465060002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music lennon john lennon wheels vox hunt what do you have to say? hpmusic2 powerful lyrics watching the wheels http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/week-1---lidie-newton-and-fight-club.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/week-1---lidie-newton-and-fight-club.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/week-1---lidie-newton-and-fight-club.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:18:56 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/book/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398d095b00004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398d095b00004-50si" alt="The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton: A Novel (Ballantine Reader&#39;s Circle)" /></a> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/book/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398d09bab0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398d09bab0005-50si" alt="Fight Club: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Ha! Could I have picked more disparate books to read? The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton is a book I've been trying to read for 10 years, literally. It is a fantastic book -- exciting, heartfelt, intelligent -- but there was some... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/week-1---lidie-newton-and-fight-club.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398d09ba10005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction reviews fight club reading chuck palahniuk book review 50 books jane smiley 50 books in 365 days lidie newton http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/the-literary-life.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/the-literary-life.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/the-literary-life.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:37:05 -0700 I stole this from Cori -- thanks :) Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback? I prefer trade paperbacks, but since I buy most of my books secondhand, I'll take what I can get. My biggest gripe is the lack of margins in books -- I'm a ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/the-literary-life.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398b1194e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading survey read literature literary reader book survey http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/a-fun-writing-exercise.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/a-fun-writing-exercise.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/a-fun-writing-exercise.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:37:55 -0700 When you have one of those days when nothing wants to go on the paper, this is a good way to loosen things up. It only take a few minutes and works surprisingly well. To start: You need two characters and a basic setting. Do this fast, without g... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/a-fun-writing-exercise.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398ae74cc0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction writing creative writing write writer writing exercise fiction writing author short story http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:47:57 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/book/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398aceb040001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398aceb040001-50si" alt="The Road (Oprah&#39;s Book Club)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Wow. Just wow. I stumbled across a copy of Cormac McCarthy's latest book in a used bookstore the other day. $1. I didn't even hesitate; how can you go wrong for a buck? Did I ever get my dollar's worth! I went in to take a bath, took the bath, a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398ad0c920004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction review literature oprah apocalypse book review stephen king cormac mccarthy literary the stand oprah's book club the road http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/writing-assignment-fa%C3%A7ade.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/writing-assignment-fa%C3%A7ade.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/writing-assignment-fa%C3%A7ade.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:11:24 -0700 Assignment: Write a quick sketch of a character using only the voice of your main character to relate a situation. This should, of course be in the first person point of view, and it should lend deeper insight into the character, perhaps deeper th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/writing-assignment-fa%C3%A7ade.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398a584d60001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> story writing creative writing writer stories writing prompt http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/what-im-reading-now.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/what-im-reading-now.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/what-im-reading-now.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:02:05 -0700 Diary - Chuck Palahniuk The Collected Short Stories of Weldon Kees Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett One Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/what-im-reading-now.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398a59f430003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/ive-never-laughed-so-much-in-class.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/ive-never-laughed-so-much-in-class.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/ive-never-laughed-so-much-in-class.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:34:12 -0700 I'm taking a fiction-writing workshop this fall. Two friends of mine and I enrolled in the same section and swore that we wouldn't ridicule each other. We're all terrified creative writing majors who have a deep-seated fear that we are not, in fa... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/ive-never-laughed-so-much-in-class.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e398a05f400004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/one-thousand-white-women.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/one-thousand-white-women.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/one-thousand-white-women.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:05:03 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/book/6a00e3989b44f6000300e3989d8c4e0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989b44f6000300e3989d8c4e0004-50si" alt="One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One Thousand White Women is a 1998 novel by Jim Fergus, known most for his writing world for Sports Afield magazine and other sporting life. In his preface, Fergus explains the how his novel was born: In 1854 at a peace conference at Fort Laramie... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/one-thousand-white-women.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e3989d8cdd0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction novel book native american literature book review historical fiction women's issues tribe great plains american society http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/for-the-aspiring-author.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Literazzi) http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/for-the-aspiring-author.html?_c=feed-rss http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/for-the-aspiring-author.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:15:14 -0700 A link to an interesting Authorlink interview here. Patricia Marx is a longtime writer -- Harvard Lampoon, Saturday Night Live, New Yorker -- but only recently did she write her first novel, a romantic comedy entitled Him Her Him Again The End of... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://literazzi.vox.com/library/post/for-the-aspiring-author.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989b44f6000300e3989cbc320002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books novel writing literature writers stream of consciousness author patricia marx