By MICHELLE HOGMIRE | 9/26/13
“Avert your eyes! A
gallery of banned and challenged books,” by the L.A. Times’ Jacket Copy: A
gallery of banned and contested books created to honor Banned Books Week. http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-jc-avert-your-eyes-a-gallery-of-banned-books-photos-20120928,0,549516.photogallery?index=la-jc-avert-your-eyes-a-gallery-of-banned-book-010
“The Odd Habits and
Curious Customs of Famous Writers,” by Brain Pickings’ Maria Popova: “Famous authors are
notorious for their daily
routines — sometimes outrageous,
usually obsessive, invariably peculiar. In Odd Type Writers: From Joyce and Dickens to
Wharton and Welty, the Obsessive Habits and Quirky Techniques of Great Authors (public
library) — the more
dimensional and thoroughly researched counterpart to Mason Currey’s Daily
Rituals —
Brooklyn-based writer Celia Blue Johnson takes
us on a guided tour of great writers’ unusual techniques, prompts and customs
of committing thought to paper, from their ambitious daily word quotas to their
superstitions to their inventive procrastination and multitasking methods.”
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/09/23/odd-type-writers/
9/25/13
“Amazon Releases
Upgraded Suite of Kindle Fire Tablets,” by Publishers Weekly: “In the latest salvo in the ongoing
tablet/e-reader wars, Amazon announced an upgraded suite of tablet devices that
will include the new Kindle Fire HDX, an upgraded version of the Kindle HD
tablet that offers an even higher resolution screen in two sizes (7-inch for
$229 16GB; 8.9-inch for $379 16GB) and a new version of the 7-inch Kindle HD
for $139 (8GB). All the new Kindle Fire tablets offer upgraded hardware, a new
version of the Fire OS and better battery life, in addition to aggressively
competitive prices.” http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/59246-amazon-releases-upgraded-suite-of-kindle-fire-tablets.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm
9/24/13
“24 Recipients of
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Awards Named,” by the N.Y. Times’ Felicia R. Lee: Thirteen
men and 11 women were awarded fellowships this year. Award winners will be paid
$625,000 over five years. Winners include fiction writers, musicians,
playwrights, choreographers and more. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/arts/macarthur-genius-award-winners-named.html?_r=0
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