Twain, quote magnet
Quotations scholar says Mark Twain is the most common victim of erroneous quote attribution in the U.S.
Quotations scholar says Mark Twain is the most common victim of erroneous quote attribution in the U.S.
Joan Acocella’s profile sent me off on a Hilary Mantel binge several years ago. I started with Beyond Black and quickly made my way through most of the rest of her work. Now Wolf Hall beckons, but I don’t want to start in on it until I have a chunk of time to focus properly. Meanwhile, I’m bookmarking this video . . .
Samantha Peale (The American Painter Emma Dial) contemplates the difficulties of building a life around art.
Alexander Chee applies Ford Madox Ford’s rules of fiction to Wolverine.
Jon Krakauer, whose latest book is just out, calls 90% of his early magazine work “total crap,” but good training in concision. (Via.)