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That Shakespearean Rag: Fuck that with vigour and from a strange direction
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RT @smallstories: The point of diminishing returns #guardian.co.uk http://tinyurl.com/ygvg5a5 6 days ago |
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I have a new favourite phrase: "Fuck that with vigour and from a strange direction" http://tinyurl.com/ygvg5a5 9 days ago |
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A. L. Kennedy on death of the novel via @maudnewton's Remainders: "Fuck that with vigour and from a strange direction." http://bit.ly/2TD5Tk 10 days ago |
Tuesday Morning LitLinks
Author Scoop —
... Caleb Crain goes in search of the authentic voice of John Keats. (NYTimes)
Will the Kindle mean the death of the hardcover? (Huffington Post)
Morgan Von Ancken traces the rich history of Stagger Lee. (Lit Drift)
Borders offering an “in-stock” guarantee, just in time for the holidays. (Publishers Weekly)
AL Kennedy launches a brilliant broadside against the state of modern publishing—from a train. (The Guardian)
Scott Timberg profiles editor and The Adderall Diaries ...
Fuck that with vigour and from a strange direction
That Shakespearean Rag —
... If that energy and intelligence steps up to the next level of organisation, there could be hope for us. And I need never go on another TV or radio show and find that, however the discussion was described beforehand, what we’re really meant to talk about is how poetry is dead, or the novel is rubbish, or the short story is irrelevant. Fuck that, quite frankly. Really. Fuck that with vigour and from a strange direction. It truly leaves me more than annoyed.
– A.L. Kennedy in the Guardian
AL Kennedy on the future of writing
Two Ravens Press —
... A typically forthright article from the wonderful AL Kennedy on the Guardian Book Blog about how hard it is to be a writer these days – increasingly hard (AL Kennedy obviously has no great love for them, but trust me – it’s hard to be an indie publisher too…) and getting harder. Here are the bits that really struck home; regular readers will remember similar rants on past TRP blog pages: ...
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
The Rumpus.net —
... W: “No really. it’s not just fiction. Publishing is on its last legs. We’ve gone ‘one better than book burning.‘” ...
I’d love to see her on a panel with Philip Roth
Maud Newton —
“Fuck that with vigour and from a strange direction.” A.L. Kennedy will have none of your novel-is-dead debates. (Via.)
