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More long-form reading
A few posts back I mentioned longform.org as the best site I wish I’d never found (because I already spend too much of my day reading stuff. Not that I wouldn’t like to spend my entire working day reading—if there’s … Continue reading
New name, new narrative nonfiction home
So here we are. Narrative Snack is the new home of the Blog Formerly Known as Welcome to the Hinterlands. All the old content is here, and I’ll be updating lists and links in the coming weeks. Feel free to … Continue reading
Best site I wish I’d never found
Oh why oh why did I have to discover longform.org? I will never get any work done! I haven’t looked into the Instapaper feature on the site, but here’s the gist of what longform offers: a central clearinghouse of long-form … Continue reading
When I read fiction
As I believe I have freely admitted before in these pages (pages? entries? updates?), as a rule when I dip into contemporary fiction, it’s fiction for the junior set. I’m a fan of the Harry Potter series. And I recently … Continue reading
The New Yorker on Memoir
Kudos go to New Yorker writer Daniel Medelsohn for not mentioning the Laura Albert/JT Leroy scandal in the context of his piece on memoir. As declared in previous Hinterlands post (subset of the ongoing “Memoir Controversy” thread): However, in parting, … Continue reading
Let's call it memoir week. Next up, a discussion of Daniel Medelsohn's New Yorker "Books" piece on memoir. But first, this arrived yesterday in my in-box, courtesy the OED online's word-of-the-day. memoir, n. DRAFT REVISION Sept. 2009 … Continue reading
The Esquire iPhone app: the future of long form narrative?
Esquire's January issue is an app (video demo). Will the app store be the new newsstand? Will a 21st-century format keep long form narrative alive? Or will anyone want to read 3500 words on a 3-inch screen?
and now for the distaff side: Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book
Last week we didn’t envy Elizabeth Gilbert’s ex-husband Michael Cooper (see, I told you this is how the poor guy would be doomed to be referenced) for the challenges of writing a memoir that seems likely to touch on the … Continue reading
If there’s an up side to your ex-wife’s best-seller…
Apparently, Elizabeth Gilbert's ex-husband, Michael Cooper, has sold a memoir of his own, Displaced, scheduled for release in fall of 2010. According to Sunday's NYT book review, it's supposed to be "a book chronicling his side of their breakup and … Continue reading
Let the best-of battles begin
Amazon picks its Best Books of 2008 (interestingly, not dividing between fiction and nonfiction), but puts more procrastination punch in the list with multiple sub-categories, including Best Covers, Featured Categories, Most Polarizing, and Best Book Videos. Apparently the book video … Continue reading
