Posts Tagged ‘literature’
Word Made Flesh
I came across a fascinating article on the Publisher’s Weekly blog PWxya about books that inspire tattoos. I love the concept of having a tattoo drawn from a favorite book, and before now had no idea this was such a popular genre. Continue Reading
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CommentPondering a Nom de Plume
Throughout my life I’ve been acquainted with people whose names are ready made for marquees and dust jackets. Names so poetic or fanciful they make me want to slap my parents for failing to be born into a family with a more aesthetically pleasing surname or, at the very least, for not being more creative when bestowing given names to their children. Continue Reading
Happy Birthday Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Best Story Book Ever Continue Reading
Googling Jules Verne
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In honor of author Jules Verne’s 183rd birthday, today Google’s homepage features an interactive doodle that allows visitors to navigate underwater scenes straight out of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.”
Being Beautiful
In a recent post, The Moment explores the question of whether feminist, social theorist and existential philosopher Simone de Beauvoir was beautiful. Continue Reading
Timothy McSweeney
“RELIES ON MALNUTRITION AS A FISCAL PLAN”
If I were drinking coffee, it would have shot out my nose.
Do check out McSweeney’s online.
A Random Quote I Love From A Book I’m Reading
“If this is a hallucination, he thought, it’s pretty damn hi-res.”
My name is Angela Eloise and I am a freelance writer. That sounds as if I am copping to an addiction. I am. In addition to writing this blog, I also write a column about social media and I am at work on a series of essays that I hope to see in print some day. Cloud of Chaos was born from my desire to dance with the absurdity of life, to create a space where I could write and share all of the gorgeous, fun, snarky deliciousness I find spinning around me every day. What does a spinning cloud of chaos have to do with writing? Everything, as it turns out.
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