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Joe Posnanski's blog: It's just as good as his newspaper work, maybe better2 comments

fostergrant wrote 4 days ago: Until just now, I had no idea that Kansas City Star sports columnist Joe Posnanski had his own blog. … more »

Tags: Baseball, Sports, Newspapers, Posnanski

Sunday science book corner...

Tom wrote 5 days ago: Sort of outsourced to Boyce Rensberger. As I see this blog, it’s about science as it intersect … more »

Tags: Good Books, good public communication of science, science writing, words mattter, Erwin Schroedinger, James Watson, Knight Fellows

Orwell, "Politics and Language"

sgsnow wrote 1 week ago: An abridged version, for use in class.  I know, it’s shocking to edit the master, but there w … more »

Tags: GEORGE ORWELL, language

Blogcritics Magazine

s.m.h. wrote 2 weeks ago: My book-pairing review of Thomas L. Friedman’s, From Beirut to Jerusalem and Gary Shteyngart … more »

Tags: Blogcritics

Writing Tip for July 3, 2008

candaceclayton100 wrote 3 weeks ago: Write everyday! I can’t say this any better than a fellow blogger at : Daily Writing Tips Chec … more »

Tags: Creative Sparks, Writers, writing, Be a Writer, how to write, Learn to write, overcoming writer's block, write, Writer's Block

Junot Díaz on Grand Theft Auto IV

s.m.h. wrote 3 weeks ago: I haven’t purchased this game yet because, as the new more responsible version of myself, I ha … more »

Tags: Ephemera, Grand Theft Auto IV, gta iv, Junot Diaz, rockstar, Wall Street Journal

Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Non-fiction

s.m.h. wrote 3 weeks ago: Brevity is a “journal of concise literary non-fiction.” It publishes literary essays of … more »

Tags: brevity, I Am, Tim Elhajj

Byrne and Julio Down By The Schoolyard

s.m.h. wrote 1 month ago: David Byrne, in his always-thought-provoking journal, writes about his current collaboration with ro … more »

Tags: Icons, Music, Art, David Byrne, robotics, Singing, voice of julio, voz de julio

The Microfame Game by Rex Sorgatz

s.m.h. wrote 1 month ago: Rex Sorgatz, the author of the annoyingly prolific blog, “Fimoculous,” has a compelling … more »

Tags: microfame, New York Magazine, Rex Sorgatz

Quote for the Day: Something to Remember...

Tom wrote 1 month ago: in this relatively calm and still almost genteel lull before the general election storm.  I read th … more »

Tags: Good Books, words mattter, obama, writing, Race, Ralph Ellison, americanness, southernness

"Graceful Exit," Paul Newman in Esquire

s.m.h. wrote 1 month ago: Following the refuted rumors about him having terminal lung cancer, this article seems apropos. A … more »

Tags: Icons, Paul Newman, Esquire, scott raab

Your Fourth Grade Writing Teacher's Pet Peeve: John McCain Edition14 comments

Tom wrote 1 month ago: John McCain’s campaign likes to run web ads on Atrios’s blog. OK — seems kind of p … more »

Tags: Random Humor, words mattter, political follies, writing, Bad writing, McCain, Grammar, rhetorical sins

A too nice manager1 comment

Rahi wrote 1 month ago: was going through the newspapers as usual when i spotted this article on Live Mint on how being a to … more »

Tags: chronicles, Boss, content writing, Colleague, Bad boss, Good Boss, supervising, Content Writer, Colleagues

Pretentious

joedowit wrote 1 month ago: I want to first apologize if I have ever written anything pretentious on this blog. It’s som … more »

Tags: Music, writing, Good Music, spoon, Pitchfork, pitchforkmedia, media, Eric Harvey, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Walkabout by Jeffrey Eugenides

s.m.h. wrote 1 month ago: The list of authors that I must read is endless; whenever I cross one off my list with pride, two mo … more »

Tags: Essay, Jeffrey Eugenides, Walkabout, The New Yorker, Mothers, adolescence

The Most Competitive Man Alive by Todd Levin2 comments

s.m.h. wrote 1 month ago: The Beats had Jack Kerouac. The counter-culture had Hunter S. Thompson. The Reaganites had William … more »

Tags: Humor, The Morning News, todd levin, SNES, Nintendo, Mike Tyson, Punch Out

Rick Reilly's Debut Article for ESPN the Magazine4 comments

s.m.h. wrote 1 month ago: Rick Reilly’s first article for ESPN the Magazine came out today. You can read it here. I c … more »

Tags: Sports, ESPN, father and sons, Rick Reilly

A little help with Capital Letters

uffenglish5 wrote 1 month ago: Be careful about the use of capital letters in your essays: This handout lists some guidelines for c … more »

Tags: Tips

Pitching your communication at the right level - Edward Hall and High Context/Low Context

Andrew Lightheart wrote 1 month ago: We work a lot with smart people who really know their stuff. This means that we often have to talk w … more »

Tags: presentations, Planning, Effective Communication, pitching communication, right level, detail, technical to non-technical, Edward Hall, high context


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