If your interest in the Oulipo goes beyond simply trying out their techniques, and you wish to learn about the context in which it was conceived and the developments in went through, you will find this book very useful.
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My 6 word review of Lolita, plus commentary, updated with comments
Why I can’t read Lolita, but am reading Nabokov’s short stories.
Read MoreCan AI write book reviews?
I thought I would test ChatGPT’s mettle in a rather self-interested way. I write a lot of book reviews — a lot. I have three books I need to review for an education magazine by 21st January, plus two books I need to review for other websites soonish, and I have to write a review of an exhibition for a different education magazine by next week <gulp>.
Therefore I have two (competing) concerns.
Read MoreA computational approach to Eng Lit
I often wonder if the most arduous part of the work of the people who write this sort of tripe is to ensure they don’t use the same words more than once for the same editor.
Read MoreAdvice for would-be book reviewers
Terry’s top tips for writing professional book reviews.
Read MoreThe art of writing book reviews
What should you include in reviews of (nonfiction) books?
Read MoreReview: Oulipo and Modern Thought
If your interest in the Oulipo goes beyond simply trying out their techniques, and you wish to learn about the context in which it was conceived and the developments in went through, you will find this book very useful.
Read MoreReview: Alastair Humphreys' Great Adventurers
The stories in Great Adventurers are designed to help the reader believe that they can do it too, backed up by much more substantial evidence than vague and vacuous pronouncements like "You're wonderful, you can do anything."
Read MoreReview: The Art of Mindful Reading
Can reading help you achieve mindfulness? And can mindfulness enhance your reading pleasure?
Read MoreBook Review: The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Age
This book not only contains a huge sampling of both prose and poetry, but places them into an historical context.
Read MoreBook review: The Online Journalism Handbook
This is a very useful reference book for anyone who is serious about online journalism.
Read MoreReview: The Story of Paintings
With children as the target audience, this book is a fair-paced romp through the history of paintings from cave paintings to the present day. All that in less than 100 pages!
Read MoreBook review: The Business of Being a Writer
What does this book cover, and is it suitable for writers not based in the USA?
Read MoreAnother kind of book review
I’ve added another kind of book review to my previous list of five.
Read MoreReview: Four books about crosswords
Crossword puzzles are great for writers, as explained in this article, and these four books are worth reading.
Read MoreWhat I'm reading: Dictator Literature
So you think you've read some atrocious writing in your life? Well, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Read MoreShould book reviews be detailed or concise?
The long and short of book review lengths, or why I decided to start writing thumbnail sketch book reviews instead of full length ones.
Read MoreReview of Help! for Writers
Writers' block is just one of many writerly ills. In this book, Roy Peter Clark offers over 200 practical tips.
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