Everything Is Malleable: Talking with Lauren Oyler
Lauren Oyler discusses her debut novel, FAKE ACCOUNTS.
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Spotlight: “Love Is Real”
On a Tuesday night in New York City, a girl meets the love of her life.
Comics as Critique: Talking with Ezra Claytan Daniels
Ezra Claytan Daniels discusses the new graphic novel BTTM FDRS.
The Swiping Game
Over at Lit Hub, Bridget Read discusses the gender politics of Tinder, the rise of the Single Woman, and how these phenomena have permeated recent nonfiction by women: It makes…
On Playing Games, Productivity, and Right Livelihood
One week last spring I said it out loud for the first time: “Sometimes I play so long, my fingers go numb.”
Slow Reading
As much as many of us would love to read faster so that we could read more books, science points to speed reading as little more than efficient skimming, partially…
Your Regularly Scheduled Gratification
At the Atlantic, Megan Garber explores the revival of the serial with the recent release of Belgravia, a serial novel-and-app from Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey.
Weekly Geekery
Spelling is important even when you are stealing money. An app for your mental health. Google wants to blend physical and digital books. Music unites us.
(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Dale Corvino
There’s a connection between the longings of the characters I develop in my fiction and my urge to dominate.
The Agatha Christie App
Last week, Agatha Christie Productions Ltd. And TELL Player Limited released an app that re-tells Christie’s 1930 short story collection, The Mysterious Mr. Quin, through live video, social media feeds,…
The Art and Science of Translation
The New York Times explores if automatic translation apps could put old-fashioned literary translators out of business.
Weekly Geekery
Space sex! The science of being twitterpated. iPads can’t fix everything. The religion of technology. Need to police the police? There’s an app for that.