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http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/17/cheap-words http://www.orbooks.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XCnGuK8CVc A very rare interview with the writer sharing his thoughts on what writing and literature is and why writers write. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/30/andrew-wylie-amazon-isis-like-distribution-channel Digital rights deals with Amazon make it impossible for authors to earn a living. Industry is fighting back.

I just thought I'd begin a new art thread. I did look Liam, but couldn't find the older one. "The School of Athens." Wiki has a guide to who the characters might be. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens

Okay, good souls of WLF: this is a thread that any literature junkie wll understand, it concerns books that you wish to read but may not have gotten around to just yet, this may span years or it could be an availability issue, no matter which here is my opening salvo: The Narrow Road to the...

I read it many years ago for a course and have to admit, I couldn't stand it. It's hard to explain, but I never got comfortable...

http://www.amazon.com/Music-Midnight-Poetry-George-Herbert/dp/1846142482/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378807468&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=music+at+midnight+john+drury A new book on poet generally included within selections of Metaphysical poetry, and once found on undergraduate courses, in...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zibaldone-Notebooks-Leopardi-Hardback-Classics/dp/0141194405/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376838651&sr=1-1&keywords=zibaldone Penguin release a major translation, the first in over 30 years.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/fiction/article1269138.ece http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enchanted-Wanderer-Stories-Vintage-Classics/dp/0099577356 Nicolai Leskov, Russia's forgotten Writer, a new collection of stories published by Vantage and the his association with...

Anglo-American poet Auden's lost papers found. The journal, once considered lost forever, has been rediscovered and will eventually go to auction. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/lost-wh-auden-journal-sheds-light-on-pivotal-time-for-poet-8613065.html

http://www.amazon.com/Womens-Writings-Christian-Spirituality-Editions/dp/0486484459/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1366795238&sr=1-5&keywords=women%27s+literature+anthology NEW. 2013 -- seems to offer quite a wide range of writing from Medieval to the Modern. I like Dover Thrift, nicely...

I don't think I've come across this subject in WLF, but it might be interesting to put together a list of responses to this debate? I know that many writers have chipped in on this and it's been discussed and still is being discussed in academic circles, but what is really going on, and is the...

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/04/world/irpt-storify-north-korea-global-fascination/index.html?iid=article_sidebar Various social media responses to developments on the Korean peninsula from around the world.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/gallery/2013/apr/05/rijksmuseum-reopens-in-pictures Article and some pictures folks.

http://www.amazon.com/Young-Milton-Emerging-Author-1620-1642/dp/0199698708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363344616&sr=1-1&keywords=young+milton John Milton's early life and formation as a writer. This book ranges outside of the traditional chronology of the standard works of Miltonian biography.