September 12, 2016
by Neelima
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I’m reading Will in the World: How Shakespeare became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt right now. It’s a brilliant biography of Shakespeare and since there are so little in terms of records about the Bard, he created a story of the … Continue reading
September 5, 2016
by Neelima
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“No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it is not too late or too egotistical or too selfish or too silly to work on your creativity.”: … Continue reading
August 4, 2016
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Are you a fan of Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith? It’s an interactive book which asks users to ruin the book and tells them how to do it. I hadn’t heard of this book until I came across two interactive books … Continue reading
July 14, 2016
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In his book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Murakami talks about running in different parts of the world- Athens, Hokkaido, and New York. He spends a great deal of time training for marathons and comes across as a … Continue reading
July 7, 2016
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a book that I wanted to review first for the Review and Half series that we have been doing on InstaScribe. I had read it a long time ago when … Continue reading
June 23, 2016
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Have you read part 1 of this book review yet? Atwood also talks about the role of duplicity in a writer’s life. She reminds us of Clark Kent and his heroic double Superman. Epics have their fair share of doubles … Continue reading
June 16, 2016
by Neelima
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In On Writers and Writing, Margaret Atwood, a famous writer herself, talks about many of the existential questions that writers and readers face. Atwood was asked to give six lectures on the subject for the Empson Lectures at the University … Continue reading
December 31, 2015
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After Jaya wrapped up her experience of reading philosophy across the east and west, we talked about fairly disconnected books. “I’m sure most of you have read Who Moved my Cheese? by Spencer Johnson,” Anil said. This bestseller that has sold … Continue reading
December 3, 2015
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Bradbury makes intoxication an elixir. Did you read Part 1? “You need to be drunk on writing- ready to go and then endorsements from tall figures will be no rarity. The drunkenness must come first though. And you don’t need … Continue reading
November 30, 2015
by Neelima
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How’s the NaNoWriMo-ing doing? Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury is probably one of my favorite books on writing. It’s also the first book I ever read on the subject. Although nowadays the how to write industry … Continue reading