February 2012
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Men who explain things →
kurafire:
Classic article by Rebecca Solnit on the societal construct when men explain things to women. Worth a re-read if you’ve read it before; a must-read if you haven’t.
Most women fight wars on two fronts, one for whatever the putative topic is and one simply for the right to speak, to have ideas, to be acknowledged to be in possession of facts and truths, to have value, to be a human...
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“The switch flips. My sadness turns a corner and runs smack into self-reliance....”
– “London Calling — Disappointment breeds new energy”, Kathryn Bertine (via @keavy)
This.
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January 2012
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“…action scenes are often like sex scenes — they are just hanging there, an...”
– Maggie Stiefvater writing five things about the book The Lock Artist.
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The final count for books read in 2011: 24 of 40. Fewer than 2010 by 5! Tsk.
I will try again for 2012 (3rd time lucky, right?) without choosing books ahead of time; my hope is to not end up with a months-long lull again. In 2010, the second half of the year saw very little reading and 2011 had almost a full quarter of …nothing.
My books-to-read shelf is, no surprise, still jam-packed. Perhaps...
December 2011
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“…I’d much rather be someone who tries and fails then someone who makes fun of...”
– Hellbox. Damage. Smelt. Recast.: On Writing (50,000 words in 30 days, this year)
Word.
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November 2011
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“Notice how you know where you are in the book by the distribution of weight in...”
– Bret Victor, A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
In the however-many articles I’ve read about reading, books, ebooks, and reading devices, I don’t think this point has ever been made, not this well, anyway. Love it.
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“…the authentic creak of the Victorian stage boards and the gaslit melodrama.”
– Robin Buss, introduction to The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
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October 2011
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“…and like people who read as the day fails, they didn’t see that...”
– Five Skies, Ron Carlson (p. 164)
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“Key pointed his burned bread at where the old yellow road grader reclined in the...”
– Five Skies, Ron Carlson (p. 54)
Maybe only a single color is named in that sentence (two if you’re fussy about sage) but the whole image is so lush and it wants to feel like a run-on but it isn’t but damn if it doesn’t match the Idaho landscape setting. So good.
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September 2011
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Yowza. That is damn near Burial-like. I dig it....