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fromThe Walrus
3 months ago

How "Cozy Lit" Became the Latest and Most Shameless Form of Digital Escapism | The Walrus

A fter reading that Selena Gomez looked ethereal in a custom Ralph Lauren wedding dress, that the Vitamix 5200 is a legend for a reason, and that scientists made a yogurt using ants, I feel sufficiently bad about myself because of how much time I have spent staring at inconsequential words and meaningless images on my little screen that I transition to the big screen that is my laptop.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Where authors gossip, geek out and let off steam: 15 of the best literary Substacks

The platform allows authors to send emails to a list of subscribers, and allows those subscribers to interact in comment forums.
Digital life
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fromBustle
8 months ago

Against The Celebrity Memoir Industrial Complex

Celebrity memoirs dominate the nonfiction bestselling lists, raising questions about the diversity of voices and genres.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests

Semicolon usage in UK literature is declining significantly, influenced by literature figures like Kurt Vonnegut's advice against using them.
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