by Jamie Chavez | Aug 23, 2014 | Authors & Other Writers
I am always interested in interviews with authors, especially when they’re as interesting as this one at the Harper’s Magazine blog is. It’s a chat with Christopher Beha and concerns, mostly, his second novel, Arts and Entertainment. We’ve talked a lot about story...
by Jamie Chavez | Feb 3, 2014 | Books You Might Like
I’ve been publishing a recap, every January, of every book mentioned in posts during the past year. (Except—whoops—I missed January this year. But maybe you did too? Man, that month went by fast!) Mind you, this is not a list of books I read last year (although there...
by Jamie Chavez | May 25, 2013 | Miscellany, Words & Language
This short film (just under two minutes) is actually an advertisement for a British company that calls itself an “online content specialist.” Which boils down to copywriting. We’ve talked before about the power of good copywriting and how you should make every single...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 15, 2013 | The Writing Craft
I have a pretty large collection of children’s picture books, started long before the Boy was even a gleam in my eye and added to long after he’d declared himself too old for them. I love these kinds of books, because the combination of art and words (whether actually...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 28, 2013 | Books You Might Like
We were discussing Southern fiction earlier, and I promised you a list. Here it is. I’ve read these and liked them. You may suggest others; I hope you do. Agee, James / A Death in the Family Burke, James Lee / the Dave Robicheaux series of books Capote, Truman / Other...