Underneath you find a review by the Cambridge historian Christopher Clark  of  Angela Merkel's autobiography (Merkel, the emeritus Germa...

Here, fresh from The Onion : GLEN FALLS, NY—--Revealing that her lousy peers’ advice had been invaluable, aspiring novelist Alicia Du...

James Beamon has already reacted to our letter of yesterda y about Inkitt, and here's his answer: Your theory and discussion on Inki...

So we're in Porto, and Chang begins to talk about Harry Potter. Namely, we have to go to this bookstore. Huh? Chang, bookstores? ...

We felt uninspired, and so Chang suggested we should make an excursion to Lake Geneva. We passed Montreux twice---coming and going---and so ...

I've never understood why some writers write stories about writers because if we're really that interesting, why are we going around...

The New Yorker sends a link to an article by Lillian Ross about Ernest Hemingway (H.), published in 1950. We’re curious, we don’t kn...

It's been a year since we've been in Venice, and now we've hit upon this beautiful picture by Hannes Steinert , depicting, you...

We're not good at reviews unless we can complain about Hollywood producers not understanding what "ion propulsion" means , or ...

(Hat tip: Hall Qualls )

(Let's post this before we post anything else:) If you're a writer, you're getting five daily emails from The Writer's Diges...

Please read this...it's only one paragraph  from the London Review of Books connecting our recent Foucault post (by Mr. E.) with our o...

(from Incidental Comics )

We arrive at San Francisco SFO (San Francisco International Airport, why SFO?) and the international press, the paparazzi ("paps")...

We're in San Francisco now, which means that the first thing in the morning would be a trip to Telegraph Road , Oakland, CA, where Morn...

...or not to self-publish? (Glenn sent the link to this picture, which is to be found on Walmart called, your photos are ready .)