A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Quote of the Day (Meghan Daum, on Writing on One’s Self vs. Syria)
“Non-fiction about personal subjects is going to
attract more user comments than a foreign correspondent writing from Syria
–unfortunately. Unless the foreign correspondent is writing about loving his
cat more than his wife.” —Essayist Meghan Daum, quoted in Joanna Scutts, “Meghan Daum: 'I Don't Confess in My Work –That Implies Guilt,” The Guardian
(U.K.), Nov. 18, 2014
I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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