Publishing Newsgender / Heroes and Heartbreakers / language / Macmillan / online reviewing / The Odyssey / translation4 Comments
Heroes and Heartbreakers is shutting down – You may have heard this already, but if not, below is part of the emailed statement regarding the imminent closure of Heroes and Heartbreakers. Last time I checked, the site itself did not have any announcement of closure, even though it appears that ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican heroine / autobiography / France / languageComments Off on REVIEW: When in French: Love in a Second Language by Lauren Collins
A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to London and fell for a Frenchman named Olivier—a surprising turn of events for someone who didn’t have a passport until she was in college. But what does it mean ... more >
Publishing NewsGoldsmiths Prize / language / Mike McCormack / technology / Veterans Day / vowels / war poets3 Comments
Spotlight on War Poets – The U.S. will recognize Veterans Day on Friday November 11th, and in anticipation, My Poetic Side has a post on some noteworthy wartime poets, from Walt Whitman to Brian Turner: American poet Rolando Hinojosa’s service in the Korean War provided inspiration for Korean Love Songs. This 1978 ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / coffee table books / emojis / Frankfurt Book Fair / language / review rules / science / Turkey2 Comments
Amazon’s New Review Rules: Should Authors Be Worried? – Author Anne R. Allen has written a post explaining why she thinks Amazon has been cracking down more on reviews, even going so far as to wipe out a reviewer’s whole review history on the site. One of the most important (and ... more >
Publishing Newsdogs / evolution / Internet trends / language / research / speech / visual communication7 Comments
Tom Wolfe challenges society’s understanding of evolution in latest book – So Tom Wolfe is now arguing that Darwin’s theory of evolution is a “myth.” It’s actually unclear from this brief interview with Wolfe what he really means by that, because I’m not sure that evolution as Darwin conceptualized it and ... more >
Publishing Newsbook clubs / Disney / Elon Musk / euphemisms / language / The Rocketeers2 Comments
DISNEY TO REBOOT “THE ROCKETEER” WITH BLACK FEMALE LEAD – Cult classic film “The Rocketeer” is getting a sequel/reboot (are those two things contradictory?), and it looks like perhaps someone got the memo that Hollywood needs more diversity: “The Rocketeers” will take place six years after the original Rocketeer disappeared while fighting ... more >