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Weird Writing Habits of Famous Authors

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jul 15th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Ha Ha, Lists

We take a look at 10 modern authors who had unusual approaches to writing; some due to the limits they would impose on themselves, others due to what they would wear or how they would attempt to channel greatness.
Kathleen Massara/Flavorwire



Literary Games for Bored Book Nerds

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jul 8th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Ha Ha, Recommended Artistic Consumption

[Dwight Garner of NY Times writes] “Many people flee from games they fear will be public I.Q. tests or will expose gaps in their literary knowledge.” So true. Which is why we at Flavorpill would like to introduce a few games into your summer repertoire, so you have something to do if you’re bored at your beach house (or more likely, during the long train ride to a beach).
Kathleen Massara/Flavorwire



Robert Kroetsch (June 26, 1927-June 21, 2011)

By rob mclennan • Jun 24th, 2011 • Category: Feature Post, From the Interweb, Poetry

It was awful to turn on the computer to the news yesterday that Alberta writer Robert Kroetsch had died in a car accident on Tuesday night, returning home to Leduc from a reading, mere days before his 84th birthday.



Typewriter Pillow!

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jun 20th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Ha Ha, Recommended Artistic Consumption



How to Drink Like Your Favourite Authors

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jun 20th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Lists

It’s a well-known stereotype that many literary authors are also raging drunkards. Which, forgive us, doesn’t make us want to emulate them any less. In fact, now that it’s summer, we can’t think of anything better than to sip a cool drink while typing away at our — er, laptops — out on the porch in the sweet summer night air.
Emily Temple/Flavorwire



Griffin Poetry Prize 2011: Shortlists and Winners

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jun 19th, 2011 • Category: Contests, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Poetry



Nine Red Robes via Penguin Canada’s Twitter

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jun 15th, 2011 • Category: Brave New World, From the Interweb, On Writing, Video



Famous Opening Lines from Novels Updated for the Modern Age.

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jun 15th, 2011 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Ha Ha, Lists

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into a giant insect. Not literally, obviously. He was playing an MMORPG and this was his avatar.”



NYT Celebrates National Poetry Month

By the Branta Webcrawler • Apr 17th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Poetry

This April, to celebrate National Poetry Month, the Review’s editors have chosen thirty poems from the archives and will post one each day. Please bookmark this page and visit us throughout the month for new poems. You can also follow @nybooks on Twitter or visit our Facebook page for a link to the day’s poem.



Modern Mechanix: Yesterday’s Tomorrow Today

By the Branta Webcrawler • Apr 12th, 2011 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Ha Ha

The Tobacco Institute believes every thoughtful adult American will want to read every word of this front-page editorial.