(bear with me on the number of links, it’s been a while since I did Out And About)
Writing
- Mentalfloss has a fascinating post on the early jobs of 24 famous writers! There are some real surprises there.
- If you are around Kingsville, Ontario, there is a writers workshop that will be going on there in September, Marty Gervais will be the speakers on creative non-fiction.
Literature
- Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger is up on Librvox now
- Peter Leithart has an article on Ray Bradbury that is worth reading
- In the New Yorker, David Denby has an article on Dostoevsky
- Have you ever read John Piper’s poetry?
Local Interest ( Windsor / Essex County, Ontario )
- The book 500 Ways To Know You’re From Windsor, Ontario looks really fascinating
- Did you know that the founder of St. Clair College died recently?
History
- Owen Wister’s short bio of Ulysses S. Grant looks fascinating has just been posted on Librivox.
- The Art of Manliness has a feature with pictures of the studies, writing rooms, and libraries of 15 famous men.
Tech
- This interesting graphic gives you an idea on the gender breakdown on various web services.