Really, more of a philosophical question…
How much attention should I pay to a letter beginning, “There are countless mistakes in your book which bare mentioning”?
No, I don’t think so
Today’s New York Times ran this article: “In Tough Times, the Humanities Must Justify Their Worth.” (If you’re a Times reader, or are willing to register, you can click on [...]
Week 7’s book: Pattern Recognition
Book: Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson Grade: B+ When my brother found out I was doing the “52 Books in 52 Weeks” challenge, he sent me a list of novels he thought I’d [...]
PROSE Awards
Just found out that The Art of the Public Grovel was recognised by the PROSE awards (The American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence) in the Cultural Studies category. [...]
Week 6’s book: A Brief History of Pacifism: From Jesus to Tolstoy
A friend who knows that I’m reading up on pacifism suggested Peter Brock’s A Brief History of Pacifism. It was an intriguing survey of pacifist movements; I’m not totally sure [...]
Why can’t I remember this?
And the edits continue… I wrote, “In a fierce, epically bloody battle, the Korean soldiers surrounded and decimated the Chinese troops.” My editor writes, “Decimated, as [...]
My favorite editorial notation so far
I’m trying to get the History of the Medieval World into final shape by the end of February; my editor at Norton has been sending MS back to me in chunks with his notes, and I’m going [...]
Week 5’s book, a little late: Death in Holy Orders
You’ve probably noticed that I missed last week’s post. We’ve been moving the blog from one server to another, which kept me from posting for a few days (and may have kept you [...]