According to the 2014 VIDA Count, women are achieving equality in the publishing world, one publication at a time.
2014 VIDA Count results for The New York Times Book Review.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015
13 Surprising Facts You Didn't Know About Words And Writing
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
From Conversation Sparks, a collection of fascinating, little-known facts.
On the origin of Green Eggs and Ham:
Ryan Chapman
On the release of Psycho:
Ryan Chapman
On Where's Waldo? in other countries:
Ryan Chapman
On the true purpose of the typewriter:
Ryan Chapman
28 Signs You Were A Total Bookworm As A Kid
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
Who needs playdates when you have fictional friends?
You LIVED for the Scholastic Book Fair.
And you circled almost every single book in these.
You thought the library was more fun than any playground.
And your local bookstore was your Toys 'R' Us.
You were on cloud nine when you finally got your own library card and realized you could take out whatever books you wanted.
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17 Idiot Questions Gryffindors Had That Slytherins Deigned To Answer
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
Turn to page 394 and follow along quietly. The Gryffindors at BuzzFeed had some questions that forced Slytherins to bring the clap back.
How does it feel to be a part of the most loathed house at Hogwarts?
Do you ever secretly wish you were a Gryffindor?
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48 Of The Most Beautiful Lines Of Poetry
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”
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2. From "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop:
"It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master,
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster."
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3. From "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman:
"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles."
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4. From "Little Red Cap" by Carol Ann Duffy:
"Words, words were truly alive on the tongue, in the head
Warm, beating, frantic, winged; music and blood
But then I was young."
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5. From "Variations on the Word Sleep" by Margaret Atwood:
"I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
and that necessary."
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25 European Libraries All Book Lovers Will Want To Visit
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
“The world is a book, and those who don’t travel only read one page.”
Stuttgart City Library
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If Horror Movies From The '80s Were Actually Children's Books
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
You decide which one is more disturbing.
Child's Play
This cute story will teach your child the value of friendship and how to transfer their soul into their favorite toy.
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Cujo
A heartwarming tale of how a young boy considers his rambunctious dog his best friend. That is, until the dog is bitten by a rabid bat and tries to kill everyone.
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Friday the 13th
A group of young children experience their first sleep-away camp while their counselors have sex everywhere.
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Nightmare on Elm Street
The perfect bedtime story for your little one who is afraid to go to sleep.
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These Impossibly Tiny Books Will Make You Feel Things
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
It’s too bad that mice don’t know how to read.
Evan Lorenzen is a Denver based illustrator and designer who makes books.
"The Little Book of Big Ideas" by Evan Lorenzen / Via artandsuchevan.com
Very, very small ones.
"The Little Book of Big Ideas" by Evan Lorenzen / Via artandsuchevan.com
Lorenzen began book binding when he was in college, but on a much larger scale than his current micro creations.
"Life's Lil Pleasures" by Evan Lorenzen / Via artandsuchevan.com
"I started making tiny books because I was getting frustrated at the time it took me to draw larger, highly-detailed images," Lorenzen tells BuzzFeed Life.
"Life's Lil Pleasures" by Evan Lorenzen / Via artandsuchevan.com
Can We Guess Your Age Based On Your Taste In Books?
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
Your reading habits say a lot about you.
10 Truths About Life And Love From The Author Of YA's Next Big Hit
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
And why Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda is gonna be your new fave.
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Confession: I am 24, and maybe half the books I read are young adult fiction books. I don't think I'm in the minority on this; if anything, the rousing success of franchises like The Hunger Games and Divergent and The Maze Runner prove that not only are we terrified that we are living in a capitalist dystopia, but we also want to make sure our teens are ready to brutally murder people and lead the revolution. Oh, uh, and that I'm not the only adult reading YA.
As a connoisseur, if you will, of books whose alleged audience is people 10 years my junior, I can say that Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, the debut novel from author Becky Albertelli, is definitely going to be one of those YA books with universal appeal.
It's not just that the characters feel authentic in a way that some teenage characters don't; it's that they're written with such breathtaking empathy, and such generosity of spirit, that reading this book instead feels sort of like reading a particularly well-put-together journal. Simon, who writes to his pen pal Blue under a fake name, is gay — and he's not out yet to anyone but Blue, a boy in his school who is also gay. When someone finds out and decides to use this information to blackmail Simon, he's torn between protecting himself and a person he cares about, and standing up to his tormenter. At its heart, it's a novel about being comfortable with yourself and owning your identity.
We spoke with author Becky Albertelli about all the important things: life, love, and the internet. Here's what she had to say.
Harper Collins
"The biggest problem in my opinion is just how vulnerable people are, especially women and marginalized people who are getting a lot more negative feedback than your average white straight guy. I think there are some scary things about the internet; there are some things that I really hope will change, but I'm a big believer that it's wonderful for connecting people."
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