Our Internet Faves 11/2/2015

Twice a month, we feature our favorite literary links. As ever, we promise: You’ll laugh. You'll ponder. You won’t get any writing done. 

 

NPR looks at the controversy surrounding the children's book A Fine Dessert: 

The Kid's Book A Fine Dessert Has Award Buzz - And Charges of Whitewashing Slavery

 

James Smythe lists the top ten things he learned about craft from Stephen King in this article for The Guardian: 

Ten things I learned about writing from Stephen King

 

A hopeful new study says that today's youth are more voracious readers than older generations according to this Huffington Post article: 

Young People Read More Books Than Other Americans, Study Shows

 

If libraries are your happy place, take a look at this Time article featuring some of the best libraries in the U.S.: 

See Some of America's Most Amazing Public Libraries

 

NY Magazine highlights Individual World Slam Poet champion, Emi Mahmoud:

Get Inspired by This Sudanese-American Poet

 

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