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How to Rant
How to Rant: A Workshop at the Microfiction Rowhouse. This was a writing workshop, focused on extemporaneous composition, using the familiar idea of a rant as a start.
Writing Instructor Rants
A few days ago Ryan Boudinot’s published “Things I Can Say About MFA Writing Programs Now That I No Longer Teach in One .” It includes a few incendiary remarks. For example: “if you didn’t decide to take writing seriously by the time you were a teenager, you’re probably not going to make it.” In addition to the original post’s 90+ comments, rebuttal posts are popping up on The Digital Reader and terribleminds .
The Format and Availability of Electronic Books
a lot has changed in the world of digital books, since I wrote this post in 2005. Devices like the Kindle and the Nook and the iPad have changed the way we read digital books, and have fanned the fire for the debate about their format(s).
Physicalist Manifesto
No bullshit! The thing is the idea. The idea is the thing.