There's not really a theme here: this is just a list of links I've enjoyed this week that I wanted to share before I take to the sea. (I finally get to say that and mean it!) Remember when I posted about Lilit Marcus's article about reading only women in 2013? Lilit posted a sequel… Continue reading Elsewhere on the Internet: Women, art, and love
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Words I frequently mistype and what they should mean
Please feel free to use the following words in a meaningful sentence. Apologues ("AH-poe-logs"). Noun, plural. Apologies (especially fauxpologies) given for show, in the manner of a Shakespearean monologue. Ex. Grantland's apology, taken apart at Aoifeschatology. Historican. Noun. A cross between a historian and a publican; one who purveys history as if ale. Ex: Jaya Saxena, living my… Continue reading Words I frequently mistype and what they should mean
Elsewhere on the Internet: Your Dream Job
After work last night, I stopped at a bar to join some of my old colleagues from the art museum in celebrating the tenure of our former manager, who is retiring. (Sort of. She's not one to rest on her laurels for long.) One of the lovely things about working at that museum was a… Continue reading Elsewhere on the Internet: Your Dream Job
Trolling Your Thesis
If you are a current or recovering academic, odds are good that you've already seen lol my thesis within the last month--and thanks to each and everyone one of you who linked to it. Reducing years of research and pages of explication into one sentence = academic comedy gold. I'm delighted by the premise as a book pusher, since… Continue reading Trolling Your Thesis
Elsewhere on the Internet: Fun with Bound Books
Happy holidays, y'all. I cannot claim responsibility for the creation of my company's book tree--although when I heard that the marketing assistant was spearheading one, I gleefully pulled down all of the books from our archive that I've been meaning to ship back to the warehouse for ages. (Unfortunately, most of them were not green,… Continue reading Elsewhere on the Internet: Fun with Bound Books
Elsewhere on the Internet: A little help from your friends
Melville House posted Margaret Atwood's rhymed rejection of solicitations to blurb new books, which is great fun. As someone who frequently solicits blurbs for my press's books, occasionally taking quite a long shot to do so, I very rarely get no for an answer and never mind when I do--unless the no started out as… Continue reading Elsewhere on the Internet: A little help from your friends
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