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July 28, 2011 KR Blog KR Writing

Mix Tape: The (Humiliating, Isolating, and Downright Harmful) Writing Life

Wayne Koestenbaum’s book trailers for Humiliation, “Dear Wayne, I’ve Been Humiliated,” include “Hot Date, Cold Sore” and “Fat or Pregnant? (Subway Mistakes).”

How to help your kid become a writer (so he or she can complain about the economy via haiku).

And if your kids don’t succeed, tell them not to fret. Writing’s bad for them anyway.

It’s not just writing that’s dangerous, it’s books themselves.

If we’d kissed every book, could Borders have been saved?

Feeling less than productive? Prison might be good for you.

If prison’s not your bag, check out Poets & Writers’ new series of online guides to literary cities.

Introducing Kindlegraph. We’re one step closer to jetpacks, people.