To make up for last week’s absence, we present you with an extra long edition of the weekly writer’s roundup! Enjoy!
- As an experiment in social literature, author Alex Epstein is publishing his next book, For My Next Illusion I Will Use Wings, on Facebook. (Electric Literature)
- Colm Toibin writes about the themes plaguing writers’ relationships with their families in this lovely piece. (The Guardian)
- Why yes, someone has made a video of The Elements of Style. As a rap. You’re welcome. (LA Times)
- I love books as much as the rest of you, but this strikes me as a tad excessive: a couple in Colorado must purchase a second home to house their collection of 30,000+ books. (Denver Post)
- Then again, if you’re incredibly wealthy, perhaps an overflowing book collection wouldn’t be so bad. Check out this list of 20 beautiful private and personal libraries from around the world. (Flavorwire)
- Questions publishers are facing these days: how digital can a become become before it stops being a book? (Publishing Perspectives)
- This is both disturbing and fascinating: “The Composites,” a tumblr featuring literary characters as drawn using law enforcement sketch composite software.
- Apparently, many parents now think fairy tales are too scary for their (modern) children. You know, completely disregarding the fact that children have been reading them for generations and have been turning out just fine, thank you very much. (Telegraph)
- Charlotte’s Web tops a new list of the 100 of the best kids books of all time. As a side note: The Hunger Games comes in at 33. Yeah, parents won’t read their kids Snow White anymore but THE HUNGER GAMES they’re fine with. (USA Today)
- No matter where you stand on the print-vs-electronic book issue, you should take a look at Tim Parks’ smart article “E-Books Can’t Burn”. (New York Review of Books)
- Fashion inspired by Love in the Time of Cholera. (The Guardian)
- An interesting read, especially in light of the Oscars tomorrow: an article on the murky relationship between book publishers and film studios when book adaptations take the screen. (Hollywood Reporter)
- I really want a writing shed like children’s books author Laurel Snyder has. Like, a lot.
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