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Theodore C. “Ted” Sorenson, one of the last surviving members of John F. Kennedy’s inner circle and one of the greatest political speech writers, phrasemakers, and propaganda writers of the… Read more »

Today marks the start of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), the annual literary marathon in which would-be novelists attempt to write a 50,000+ word novel during a single month. Founded… 44 / Read more »

Sonya Chung had an essay (“What We Teach When We Teach Writers: On The Quantifiable and the Uncertain”) in The Millions on Friday that’s an interesting companion to Nathan’s piece… Read more »

Science News (via, via) reports that typists have two neural systems that check for typos when they write. The conscious system pays attention to the words being written and looks… Read more »

The BBC reports that, “A first edition of the novel Wuthering Heights formerly owned by a Norfolk parson has been sold at auction for £163,250.” There was no dithering. The… Read more »