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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Amy Chua that appeared in The Wall Street Journal (January 8, 2011). To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Can a regimen of no playdates, no TV,…
Read MoreIn my opinion, William Zinsser (author of On Writing Well and 17 other books) is the best single source for expert advice on how to write effectively. Zinsser on Friday is his weekly posting at The American Scholar website about…
Read MoreSeth Godin has another brilliant blog post, “Self-destructive instructions,” in which he identifies several such as librarians yelling at kids to be quiet. Here’s my own list of what I call gutless interactions: “I mean it” when you don’t. “That’s…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from a “classic” essay about McSorley’s Bar in New York City, “a sacred site for a certain literary pilgrim.” by Robert Day. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * When I was in…
Read MoreIn a recent column in The New York Times (“Tree of Failure,” January 14, 2011), David Brooks shares his reactions and reflections following President Obama’s speech in Tucson earlier in the week. I agree with Brooks that it was an especially…
Read MoreHere is an article written by Geoffrey James for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * …
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A must-read interview: Aldous Huxley on “The Art of Fiction”
I agree that the “great books “speak for themselves”…and do so with unique eloquence. However, there is no documentation to suggest that authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare were ever interviewed. Fortunately, The Paris Review has been interviewing…
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