#Literary

Ted Underwood

Ted_Underwood

Has anyone noticed that "Theory" is losing adjectives that define its object (critical, literary, social, etc) and starting to turn into something more like a poetic genre—defined by a particular

Sridhar Vembu

svembu

1/ Yesterday our high school age students, our teachers and I agreed on a concrete goal: students should be able to write a short essay in Tamil without error by

Eileen Chong 张奕霖

eileenchongpoet

Writers, readers, lit fam: I know many feel voiceless in the face of power wielded by lit orgs, lit mags, funding bodies. What if we reframed ‘power’ to ‘responsibility’? These

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meichangsus

A lot of people want to discuss masculinity in MDZS without understanding what an ideal man would be in ancient China, which is heavily impacted by Confucian ideals of a

Pope Four Seasons Total Landscaping

jonathandunk

As editors we welcome criticism, and particularly the considered arguments in the recent discussions of our policy which I'll link below. Thinking abstractly they're perfectly reasonable statements – but arguments

Osmium Penguin

osmie

Me: My brain: That “Giving Tree” alternate ending is part of a literary movement which requires texts to overtly endorse a moral principle instead of inviting critique, which in turn

Author Samantha Kroese

AuthorKroese

Today's unsolicited writing advice: If you are chasing Traditional publication it is far more involved than self-publishing just to get a foot in the door. Do your research. It's a

Jason Linden

JasonLinden

Literary hot takes are on my feed, so here’s a thread of mine. Not all books are the same or serve the same purpose. Some things are pointless fun and

Modern and Contemporary Literary Studies TCD

MoCoLitTCD

In the countdown to applications opening for our first intake to the MPhil in Modern and Contemporary Literary Studies we’re going to post one fun fact about our course per

Roisin O'Connor

Roisin_OConnor

This is so great by @ruhawksley on people apparently forgetting what the role of a critic is. Reminder: you're not a PR. Authors etc have those already.https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/dolly-alderton-ghosts-review-irish-times-barry-

Omar

SirOmarHamid

A debate happening right now amongst evangelical Christian apologists, revolves around the use of literary devices in the New Testament Gospels as a means of reconciling conflicting verses between them.

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rosievox

Going to uni for English lit & / or creative writing is wonderful & useful in a lot of ways but I honestly think it's not great for creativity. You're

Marijn "i before j" van Putten

PhDniX

There are several letters of the prophet to several heads of state, which have been recorded in literary sources.There are some documents out there, which are said to be the

Kimberly Burns

kimberlyburnspr

Ye olde annual tweet for authors considering hiring a freelance literary flack: 1. Google to see the sort of books a publicist works on before you contact them. 2. Talk

Perfume and Prose

bookpresse

Some years ago I read something in an article. I don’t remember who exactly said it but what she said has pinched me for many many years. She said sth

Damien

damiengwalter

The other - maybe a better way to put this argument - might beDear science fiction...what is it with your low self-esteem issues?https://damiengwalter.com/2020/09/14/genre-fiction-is-the-worst-thing-that-ever-happened-to-science-fiction/ Or