{"id":1752,"date":"2014-12-19T13:31:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T18:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/crwr\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2014-12-19T13:33:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T18:33:20","slug":"friday-links-holiday-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/crwr\/2014\/12\/19\/friday-links-holiday-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday links, holiday edition."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cozy\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The winter solstice<\/a> is this Sunday, which means the sun will be shining a little longer each day following. \u00a0Hurrah! \u00a0I am planning to read this<\/a> and this<\/a>\u00a0(snagged an advance copy from a friend) over the holidays. \u00a0The office will be closed here from tomorrow until January 5, but you can still reach us via email at crwr@bu.edu. \u00a0Very best wishes for your holidays from BU Creative Writing!<\/p>\n

Here are some literary links:<\/p>\n

Must-read wisdom from Wendell Berry<\/a>:
\n“Good work finds the way between pride and despair. It graces with health. It heals with grace. It preserves the given so that it remains a gift.”<\/p>\n

A witty, wordy letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gift ideas from Harvard Book Store.<\/a><\/p>\n

Gift ideas from Miranda July<\/a>? \u00a0(This is so cool.) \u00a0Click on an object to see its corresponding passage.<\/p>\n

Another gift idea<\/a>, and the chapter<\/a> from whence it came.<\/p>\n

Jan Morris<\/a> on books:
\n“I am all too easily seduced by almost any kind of book. The name of the author entices me of course, the subject, sometimes the title, the opinion of critics I respect, a handsome jacket, elegant typography, the intoxicating smell of a volume and occasionally just a bibliophile\u2019s foolish impulse.”<\/p>\n

Did you know that Joseph Brodsky wrote a Christmas poem every year? \u00a0Here’s one<\/a>, translated by Derek Walcott.<\/p>\n

Happy fourth day of Hanukkah! A Hanukkah poem by Emma Lazarus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The Burglar at Christmas”<\/a>\u00a0by Willa Cather, published under her pseudonym.<\/p>\n

A winter poem by William Carlos Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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