Microlog: Reading & Writing
The Penguin Blog Wed 02 Aug 2006
Boing Boing post sparks grammar dispute Thu 27 Jul 2006
MetaFilter Writers Group Tue 18 Jul 2006
From a list of new Library of Congress subject headings Sun 09 Jul 2006
Barbelith discusses book format and readability Sat 08 Apr 2006
Grocer's Apostrophe on Flickr Wed 11 Jan 2006
Hello, would you like a free book? Sun 08 Jan 2006
Reflections in the Evening Land Tue 03 Jan 2006
Dictionary of Americanisms Tue 03 Jan 2006
Suck.com, Gone for Good? Sat 31 Dec 2005
Henry David Thoreau, December 12 1859 Thu 29 Dec 2005
Verbatim: The Language Quarterly Thu 29 Dec 2005
Fantod, a definition Wed 07 Dec 2005
Prestidigitation, a definition Wed 16 Nov 2005
Design Engaged book list Wed 16 Nov 2005
The Areas Of My Expertise Wed 16 Nov 2005
Short Guardian profile on Paul Auster Wed 16 Nov 2005
36 Dramatic Situations Sun 13 Nov 2005
McSweeney's new online store Fri 11 Nov 2005
Orwell's Six Rules Tue 11 Oct 2005
Little White Lies Mon 26 Sep 2005
The Funny Pages Mon 26 Sep 2005
Paul Auster: The Definitive Website Mon 26 Sep 2005
100 Most Often Misspelled Words Mon 26 Sep 2005
What is a "graphic novel"? Mon 22 Aug 2005
Comic Relief Mon 22 Aug 2005
The Marvel Database Project Mon 22 Aug 2005
LibriVox Mon 22 Aug 2005
Foreword: A Book Design Blog Mon 22 Aug 2005
Review of The Disappointment Artist Sun 07 Aug 2005
Poets, dadaists, and word nerds: Rejoice Sun 07 Aug 2005
Plagiarism Test Sun 07 Aug 2005
John Gruber's Notes on Notes Sat 06 Aug 2005
Ask MetaFilter thread on sprawling post-modern novels Sat 06 Aug 2005
Michael Palin's travel books online for free Sat 06 Aug 2005
On Terry Pratchett's feelings for JK Rowling Sat 06 Aug 2005
Birnbaum v. Camille Paglia Sat 06 Aug 2005
Summer Reading Assignment Sat 06 Aug 2005
Popular books in the blogosphere Mon 01 Aug 2005
Daniel Clowes: A comic book hero Sun 31 Jul 2005
Guide to Grammar and Writing Sat 30 Jul 2005
Writerisms and Other Sins Sat 30 Jul 2005
The Question of Zion Sat 30 Jul 2005
Sigla's Feargal reads The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Sat 30 Jul 2005
Something happened Sun 17 Jul 2005
A compilation of summer reading lists Fri 01 Jul 2005
Booksellers Ponder the Future of Browsing Fri 01 Jul 2005
Richard Smith on the medical journal cartel Thu 30 Jun 2005
Michael Chabon has a weblog Thu 30 Jun 2005
The Writing Process Wed 22 Jun 2005
Computers Grade Students' Writing Wed 11 May 2005
Where I'm Likely to Find It, by Haruki Murakami Wed 11 May 2005
A Commentary on Comments Tue 10 May 2005
Factsheet 5 returns Thu 07 Apr 2005
Moleskine Hacks Wed 06 Apr 2005
Fifty Writing Tools Tue 05 Apr 2005
Galgut in running for Impac award Wed 09 Mar 2005
There's a first time for everyone Thu 03 Mar 2005
Luciferous Logolepsy Thu 03 Mar 2005
The Believer Sat 26 Feb 2005
Sanford Berman - The Passionate Cataloguer Wed 16 Feb 2005
Robert Birnbaum talks with Joyce Carol Oates Sun 13 Feb 2005
The Diagnosis, by Ian McEwan Sun 13 Feb 2005
How to Read Mathematics Sun 13 Feb 2005
Is Donald Barthelme the answer to the Dan Rather mystery? Sat 04 Dec 2004
Haruki Murakami thread at Metafilter Mon 29 Nov 2004
Google Scholar Fri 19 Nov 2004
NaNoWriMo Experiences Sun 07 Nov 2004
The Sixth Borough Sat 25 Sep 2004
Man Booker Prize shortlist announced Thu 23 Sep 2004
Creativity Techniques Thu 16 Sep 2004
Critique Magazine: On Writing Wed 15 Sep 2004
Lion Kimbro on wiki, notebooks, and the public web Mon 13 Sep 2004
Great Ideas Mon 13 Sep 2004
The Guardian Style Guide Thu 19 Aug 2004
Wired News: It's Just the 'internet' Now Thu 19 Aug 2004
The Oxford English Dictionary, in limerick form Wed 18 Aug 2004
'£50 cash or £100 travel vouchers', a poem by Julian Fox Fri 13 Aug 2004
Reading Online Text: A Comparison of Four White Space Layouts Wed 11 Aug 2004
The point of writing Mon 09 Aug 2004
Words: Woe and Wonder Wed 28 Jul 2004
Quiz: Get your words mixed up? Fri 09 Jul 2004
Sentences of Discontent Thu 01 Jul 2004
Double-Tongued Word Wrestler Sat 12 Jun 2004
The Elements of Style Thu 20 May 2004
Walt Whitman: A Biography Sun 02 May 2004
The Passivator Sun 28 Mar 2004
What books have influenced your life? Fri 12 Mar 2004
George Polti's 36 Dramatic Situations Wed 10 Mar 2004
Summarise a Novel in 25 Words Wed 10 Mar 2004
To Read or Not to Read Tue 09 Mar 2004
Sparklines Wed 03 Mar 2004
Random advice for composition Wed 11 Feb 2004
Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See Sat 24 Jan 2004
Slepping: its so smiple Fri 24 Oct 2003
John O'Farrell on literary prizes Fri 17 Oct 2003
On the Booker Prize Wed 15 Oct 2003
Edward Said Obituary Mon 13 Oct 2003
JM Coetzee on being Lost in London Sun 12 Oct 2003
The shady past of DBC Pierre Sat 11 Oct 2003
The Brotherhood of Pranks Mon 15 Sep 2003
Forward Prize Poetry Sat 09 Aug 2003
Bluffer's Novel Guide Sat 02 Aug 2003
Guardian Story Special Sat 02 Aug 2003
Freelance: A Diary Thu 24 Jul 2003
Burroughs-inspired online cut-up machine Fri 27 Jun 2003
Our Perfect Summer Sun 22 Jun 2003
No more Eggers, just Dave Sat 14 Jun 2003
Seeing the Light: a story by Matt Wed 23 Apr 2003
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