Books stack themselves up around me (I don’t have the faintest idea how this happens). Some books I start and give up on; some I start and continue, though intermittently; and some I start and interrupt all other reading until I am well on the way to finishing. Joyce Carol Oates’ Jack of Spades is the current • Read More »
Archives: Artemus Ward
A description of Artemus Ward for the caricaturist
January 6, 2019 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: journalism, writers, writing.If ever there was a description that demanded a caricature, it is this one of Charles Farrar Brown, aka Artemus Ward. His fellow editor at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, George Hoyt, wrote: His desk was a rickety table which had been whittled and gashed until it looked as if it had been the victim of • Read More »
More literary deceptions, Artemus Ward, and JFK on open government: newsletter, Dec. 28, 2018
December 31, 2018 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: books, fiction, newsletter, writers, writing.
This newsletter was sent to all of the subscribers on Jim’s list (2,951) on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. This is the last newsletter of the year and time, once again, to thank all of you newsletter readers for reading and responding. You have given me so many good tips about articles and books. • Read More »