The Cliché Rotation Project needs you
Sick of clichés? Help rotate them out. (E.g., “On it like a bonnet,” rather than “ready and willing.” Or, if you hate that, send in your own.)
Sick of clichés? Help rotate them out. (E.g., “On it like a bonnet,” rather than “ready and willing.” Or, if you hate that, send in your own.)
U.S. sanctions prevent Americans from contributing to the restoration of Finca Vigia, Hemingway’s home in Cuba.
On Elfriede Jelinek’s new novel being posted for free: “Next thing you know we’ll have J.D. Salinger blogging, with Thomas Pynchon reading it and leaving comments.” (Via.)
Which of the arts is writing a novel most like? Acting, says Andrew O’Hagan. (See also his new PR interview with Norman Mailer.)
Kate Christensen reread MFK Fischer’s Consider the Oyster “for the 15th time on a recent afternoon.” She thinks you should read it, too.