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  1. High praise for Stephen King's latest. Is he ready for the canon? (And am I ready to read 1,100 pages to find out?) http://bit.ly/3XilZG 7:35 AM Nov 17th from web
  2. "We like lists because we don't want to die." An interview with Umberto Eco: http://bit.ly/2p1F4T 8:49 AM Nov 16th from web
  3. Five choice book blogs "focused on fiction, updated frequently, charitable or spiteful as appropriate" http://bit.ly/34qHEK (from @wsj) 5:34 AM Nov 13th from web
  4. Esquire's 75 Books Every Man Should Read: apparently real men don't read women writers (but at least they're reading). http://bit.ly/PoFro 5:16 AM Nov 13th from web
  5. Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs left me feeling wrung out. How does a writer this light-hearted and funny convey such profound tragedy? 5:24 AM Nov 12th from web
  6. Top 10 books about the Berlin Wall: http://bit.ly/BAtAs (from @guardianbooks) 12:00 PM Nov 9th from web
  7. Another humorless Monday? The University of Chicago Writing Program offers some writing toys for your enjoyment: http://bit.ly/2OId1y 8:13 AM Nov 9th from web
  8. The top 20 most annoying book reviewer cliches and how to use them all in one meaningless review - http://tinyurl.com/d6wota 8:00 AM Nov 9th from web
  9. Can history break your heart? Barbara Kingsolver's Lacuna says yes, but don't lose all faith in humanity just yet. A poetic call to arms... 12:59 PM Nov 8th from web
  10. The rejected novelist wrote one last tweet, then kicked the box of manuscripts out from underneath him. http://bit.ly/2r7IOB 11:57 AM Nov 8th from web
  11. The continuing saga of the hopeless writer, from @the_rumpus http://bit.ly/5N7n3 11:28 AM Nov 8th from web
  12. “Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.” Henry David Thoreau (RT @quotes4writers) 12:39 PM Nov 7th from web
  13. A free ivy-league eduction: I just started watching the new Yale Literary Theory lectures on @academic_earth http://bit.ly/2fDEPA 10:51 AM Nov 7th from web
  14. Came across this quirky reading list from @newsweek. What to Read Now, and Why: http://bit.ly/LqfDv 9:12 AM Nov 7th from web
  15. "There is chaos and evil in life. Some people go crazy." A hard truth, but James Fallows gets it right: http://bit.ly/1SpfEv 6:33 AM Nov 6th from web
  16. A Friday fantasy: Spending the whole day in the hushed and redolent atmosphere of a rare books library: http://bit.ly/4iDgYI 6:10 AM Nov 6th from web
  17. Wondering How to Write A Great Novel? Here are some odd approaches that might work: http://bit.ly/yTyxg (from @wsj) 5:44 AM Nov 6th from web
  18. The Lacuna is making me want to reread William Boyd's Any Human Heart (and why not New Confessions too). Love those fictional diarists! 8:42 AM Nov 5th from web
  19. Started reading The Lacuna last night. I'd like to call in sick and spend the day in post-revolutionary Mexico instead. 4:52 AM Nov 5th from web
  20. From Canada, a detailed look at the troubled publishing industry: http://bit.ly/2RNrR8 (from @walrusmagazine) 10:47 AM Nov 4th from web
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