Book links

How would Jack Kerouac deal with Microsoft Word? Editing on a computer, where one deletes instead of crossing out and going back to different passages, changes the writing process.

Culture snobs and the Kindle - With digital readers, nobody on the subway can see you're reading something smart and pretentious.

Awful Library Books

Borders starts a book-based online dating system
The Guardian things this is a terrible idea

Monkeys taught to recognize bad grammar

Workshop

This is not my group, but here's an example of what we've been doing:
Author contacted by the CPC

Not so much sleep...

This workshop is hardcore. Like "24/7 minus essentials like a bit of sleep" hardcore. At least last night I didn't return to my apartment while the birds were chirping (not far off, though)... Anyway, I won't post anything long for awhile.

But these are both interesting:

Alice Hoffman trashes book reviewer
John Green on author advances

How not to write

Funny link: Bad student similes

Slam poetry love

In honor of the career counselor telling us how we should not speak....

I give you the awesome Taylor Mali, slam poet extraordinaire:

Like Lilly Like Wilson
Totally Like Whatever

And also: The The Impotence of Proofreading

Another great one (though unrelated): What Teachers Make

Poem text

If you don't know what slam poetry is, fix that now.