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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