Welcome back, dear friend, to What We’re Doing When We Should Be Writing, a very Grubby way to celebrate all the newfangled internet has to offer the perspicacious writer. And O, the joys contained herein: literary graffiti, famous authors waxing poetic on the fine art of revision, and, of course, the upcoming re-creation of the Netherfield Ball on BBC. Now onwards, ye literary scribblers, and harken back hither in a week’s time lest ye forget that Grub Daily is the best place to get your online fix of erudite fun.
- Check out this list of the 50 best literary insults and tell off your enemies with style.
- Check out literary graffiti from around the globe.
- Sherlock Holmes turned 159 on January 6. In honor of his birthday, here is a guide to the art of analyzing footprints.
- Road trip, anyone? Check out Travel and Leisure’s list of America’s best bookstores.
I want.
- According to George Saunders, “Humor is what happens when we’re told the truth quicker and more directly than we’re used to.” Here is Flavorwire’s list of 10 hilarious authors who do just that.
Funny guy.
- “Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” Read Stephen King and 19 other great writers on the art of revision.
“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
- “My come-back to your calling me Pappy is christening you by the word Egg, which implies that you belong to a very rudimentary state of life.” For more nuggets of knowledge from F. Scott Fitzgerald or nine other famous authors, check out the advice they gave their children here.
Fitzgerald opens his letter by calling his daughter “Pie.” Cute.
- The term “bookless libraries” may sound like a paradox, but according to the city of San Antonio in Texas, it’s quickly becoming a reality. The first “bookless library” in the US is expected to come next fall.
- Hungry? Why not take a look at these favorite recipes of beloved writers, then try your hand at whipping up a batch of Allen Ginsberg’s Borsch?
- In honor of the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice, the BBC will recreate Netherfield Ball. We’re sure our invitation is just lost in the mail.
- Crime scenes, submarines, human organs, and libraries: check out the strange, bookish art of Marc Giai-Miniet.
“Elevator.”
- Fight alongside Beowulf or help the little prince protect his planet in these board games for book nerds.
Animal Farm: The Board Game!
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