if only i knew how to write its beginning

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vorankündigung: ohne poem keine competition!

ich hab's versprochen, und es gibt geld: schreib ein gedicht, in dem das wort "park" vorkommt und lies es am 17. april im berliner prenzlauer berg. vielleicht klatschen die leute bei dir am lautesten, dann gibt's 50€. ich kann leider nicht an dem abend, wir kriegen nämlich ne katze. (oder ich komm spontan doch?) mehr infos hier.

andy warhol on reading

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the un-victim

guernica has a long interview with arundhati roy. it looks very interesting, i've added it to my list of things to read as soon as i find the time.

the trouble with words

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ich tippe auf 'ja'

die klappentexterin fragt sich und uns, ob wir in einer genormten literaturwelt leben.

'i’m escaping my body, which i really want to do.'

famous author laura hillenbrand explains what life is like as a writer afflicted with chronic fatigue syndrome in an interview with the new york times.

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rezensionswettbewerb

rezension.org hat einen rezensionswettbewerb ausgeschrieben.
einsendungen werden zwischen dem 1. und dem 28. februar 2011 akzeptiert.

consens recommends...

a couple of upcoming books and events, among them michael stavaric and johannes weiberger's new books. please click here for more info.

eine kurzgeschichte schreiben

zu meiner überraschung fand ich im neuen missy magazine eine knappe, aber durchaus brauchbare anleitung zum schreiben einer kurzgeschichte. verfasst hat diese karla schmidt, von der ich zwar noch nie gehört habe, die aber laut vita durchaus weiss, was sie da tat. falls jemand also noch den letzten arschtritt für die teilnahme beim nächsten MDR literaturpreis braucht - vielleicht hilft die lektüre ja? einsendeschluss dort ist der 11. januar 2011. äh, der 31. januar, sehe ich gerade.

j. k. rowling's plot draft of 'harry potter and the order of the phoenix'

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headline poetry

headline poetry displays poems sampled from headlines of german newspaper sueddeutsche zeitung. via lyrikmail.

almost missed the bad poetry day

adolescent poetry at its worst best at the frisky, a women's magazine i would probably ban in my kingdom.

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the most commonly misspelt word in the english language

is 'seperate' 'separate', followed by 'definitely'. the british telegraph has a complete list of the top 20.

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last night i ran into the bunch of students who are behind litaffin. they were really nice.

in an unrelated story, this morning i came across an article written in april that recommends berlins best three literaturcafes.

ever wished for a book cover archive?

today is your lucky day: http://bookcoverarchive.com/ - a great resource for designers, too.

i blog, therefore i am

on 10 july 2010, i was speaking to a bunch of very clever FU students. the day's topic was narrative identity, so besides technical issues like how does a blog work and what is it good for, we also touched upon topics like does blogging help or hinder my writing and whether i am aiming at constructing a certain online image of myself, and if so why. i had prepared a little introduction and a couple of questions i was going to ask (like how many of you blog yourselves?) but didn't, because i forgot. so i had absolutely no idea about their previous social media knowledge and was constantly worried someone would fall from her chair, bored to death and all sweaty, as it was really hot that day. but as far as i could tell, christoph ribbat, one of the other two invited speakers, was the only one who fell asleep. into some microsleep maybe, but still, he was silently snoring right into my face. okay, i thought, this is it, you're in asia and that's how it goes here, no face-loss, it will never matter. i really liked christoph and his talk on alison bechdel's graphic novel 'fun home' and i think he got along with me okay, too, so i thought, well, let the man rest and hoped no-one would notice. and the students seemed with it, my talk i mean, which was the main thing. after i had finished, they had a long list of questions which i found interesting to answer, and i got very nice e-mail feedback: kerri drew me, complete with tattoo and necklace, and fredi left an encouraging comment. thank you for having me, i'd come back any time!