Authors

Jane Austen and What Remains Of Her Notes

“Plan for a Novel, according to hints from serious quarters”

Jul 31 •

I Have a Bone to Pick with Jane Austen

"What say you, Mary? for you are a young lady of deep reflection I know, and read great books, and make extracts."

Jul 28 •

3 Lessons on Writing from Joan Didion's Notes

"It gets me past the blank terror."

May 26 •

Joan Didion's Notes From Her Former Selves

"I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not."

May 12 •

Re-Noted: Franz Kafka's Ambivalent Notes

"In the diary one finds proof that, even in conditions that today seem unbearable, one lived, looked around and wrote down observations, that this right…

Apr 28 •

Henry David Thoreau's Economic Notes

"'Say’s I to myself' should be the motto of my journal"

Apr 21 •

P.S. Notes Misused: the Case of Nietzsche and the Nazis

"...here a veritable Hell-machine is at work"

Mar 20 •

Nietzsche's Literary Remains

“We Lizards of Happiness”

Mar 17 •

Maya Angelou's Drafts

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

Mar 3 •

P.S. A Conversation about Notebooks with Helen Sword

As promised, here’s the video of my entire conversation with Helen.

Jan 27 •

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Helen Sword's Pleasurable Notes

"Containers for chaos”

Jan 27 •

P.S. Kerouac's Notes Written On the Road

"I’m on the verge of some kind of crazy discovery that’ll tear my head off for good—or make me great."

Dec 5, 2024 •

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