A visualization of some odd writer rituals from Lapham’s Quarterly. Victor Hugo wrote naked in the bedroom, Emily Dickinson wrote poetry in the pantry, John Cheever wrote in his underwear in the basement. Lots of nude or semi-nude writing going on, I can see.
A pre-Catcher Salinger writes to Hemingway.
“He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.” This and more best metaphors ever, via.
In this week’s edition of Life’s Not Fair, Jersey Shore castmates JWOWW and Ronnie have landed a book deal.
How to become a literary star.
5 “wonderfully weird” book videos to add to the list.
What do David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest and Wikipedia have in common? Via.
James Franco edited by the New York Tyrant.
Snarkmarket‘s Robin Sloan writes a piece of flash fiction with near real-time editing help from Twitter.
Aaaand because it’s hump day, here is a plastic bag with the voice of Werner Herzog:
