An end-of-the-month round-up of links that lead to interesting things happening in the world of literature and pop culture.
- “25 of the Most Exciting Book Releases for 2017” |
via Vulture
- “As the episode progresses, each character gets a chance to wink broadly at the camera. Then the Doyle stories are stuck back into the blender, and the plot hurries on.” |
“Not My Sherlock: A Sherlock Holmes Expert On “The Six Thatchers” and the Perils of Reinvention,” via Literary Hub – SPOILERS for the first episode of the new season of BBC’s Sherlock contained within.
- “If you know anything about Edith Wharton—besides the fact that she was a brilliant writer and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature, for The Age of Innocence, of course—it’s probably that she was an above-average dog-lover.” |
“Some Things You May Not Have Known About Edith Wharton’s Dog Obsession,” via LitHub
- “There’s no precise formula for an iconic opening sentence—but for a new project called Literary Constellations, data artist Nick Rougeux used unusual-looking diagrams to visualize what some of them look like.” |
“Beautiful Literary Star Charts Map Famous First Sentences,” via Wired
