Summer 2015

Platypus Novel

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Background, context, and transcript highlights here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/06/andy-warhol-bbc-interview-edward-lucie-smith/

Andy Warhol BBC interview (1981)

Dave Hook Speaks About Writing About What You Know

Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox!

Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never catch him; but now fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don't know is that they're not dealing with just any fox—Mr. Fox would rather die than surrender. Only the most fantastic plan can save him now.

On sale September 26, 2013.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, read by Chris O'Dowd

Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/09/27/anais-nin-reads-from-diary/

Anaïs Nin reads from her famous diary (1966)

The legendary graphic designer discusses his new primer for kids, GO: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/10/22/chip-kidd-go-book

Excerpted from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters

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Chip Kidd how design shapes everything

Chip Kidd on how the speed bump embodies the problem-solving genius of design

The perfect gift isn’t always under the tree…

Single mum Cally’s life is all about her little girl Stella. She’s resigned to the fact that the only romance she’s going to get is from the rom-coms she watches, and with her busy job and her daughter, she doesn’t have time to even think about love.

But life gets very tough when Stella gets sick. Balancing her job as a recipe writer and looking after Stella is all consuming, so when Cally meets handsome baker Jago the last thing she wants to do is fall in love, especially when she’s been badly burned by a Prince Charming from her past.
Can laid-back, charming Jago unlock Cally’s frozen heart and help her find true love and magic under the mistletoe?

Come home for Christmas with this gorgeous festive treat, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Jill Mansell.

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Wish Upon A Star, by Trisha Ashley, read by Julia Barrie

This week we’re talking about writing a novel because guess what? Tom wrote a novel.

We also discuss some other guy who uses the pseudonym of Tom Reynolds, SAG name rules, the other Mark Wahlberg and maybe the most horrific episode of a game show ever thanks to Fox’s now canceled ‘Moment of Truth’.

After that’s out of the way attention is turned to NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), where thousands and thousands of people around the world try to crank out a full length novel in just one month’s time. We give advice from famous writers whose names we cannot remember, talk about Stephen King’s thirst for revenge, and take a look at Amazon’s Top Ten Bestselling Books of 2012 and look at how to take elements from all of them to guarantee yourself a spot on 2014’s list.


This week's episode is brought to you by Audible. Get a free audiobook download and 30-day trial by signing up at tcgte.com/audible.

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Writing A Novel

Poem text and more: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/12/13/kenneth-patchen-reads-his-love-poems-creation/

Kenneth Patchen reads his love poem "Creation"

Background, transcript, and related reading: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/28/angela-duckworth-grit-success/

Excerpt from NPR's TED Radio Hour: http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2014-03-21

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Angela Duckworth on grit and success

Debbie Millman reads from Dani Shapiro's "Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life" – more here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/06/02/dani-shapiro-design-matters-interview

Excerpted from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters

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Debbie Millman reads Dani Shapiro's advice to writers

Recorded at the New York Public Library. Details, context, and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/06/24/malcolm-gladwell-nypl-interview/

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Malcolm Gladwell on critcism

Malcolm Gladwell on changing your mind

Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/10/mary-oliver-on-punctuation/

Recorded by the Lannan Foundation, 2001

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Seven White Butterflies: Mary Oliver on punctuation

Background and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/24/mary-oliver-reads-wild-geese/

Recorded by the Lannan Foundation in 2001.

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Mary Oliver reads "Wild Geese"

Transcript and background: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/25/william-faulkner-university-of-virginia-recording/

William Faulkner on writing

Background, context, and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/18/amanda-palmer-wislawa-szymborska-possibilities-poem-reading/

Photograph by Allan Amato. 

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Amanda Palmer reads "Possibilities" by Wisława Szymborska

Poem text and background: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/02/frank-o-hara-song-is-it-dirty/

Audio source: http://www.frankohara.org/audio.html

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Song (Is it dirty) by Frank O'Hara

Background: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/07/the-histories-of-the-universe-patti-smith/

Patti Smith "The Histories of the Universe" (1975)

Background: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/08/carl-sagan-message-to-mars/

Carl Sagan's message for Mars

Marcel Duchamp reads his 1957 essay, "The Creative Act." Full text + background here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/23/the-creative-act-marcel-duchamp-1957/

Marcel Duchamp: The Creative Act (1957)

Excerpt from Jeff Goldsmith's Q&A with Ray Bradbury, recorded at Comic Con 2010. Discussion and other highlights here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/04/ray-bradbury-comic-con-interview/

Full audio here: http://www.theqandapodcast.com/2012/06/ray-bradbury-q.html

Ray Bradbury on Predictions and the Secret of Life

In this podcast, three different people share their coming out stories, and what happened when they made the decision to share something deeply personal about themselves online.

Podcast: Strange, Scary, Liberating

Rob Walker is a freelance journalist and the "Consumed" columnist for The New York Times Magazine. He is also the author of Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are. His writing has appeared in many magazines and newspapers.

Murketing.com is Walker's blog, descended from an earlier project called the Journal of Murketing. Other projects include Unconsumption, Things That Look Like Other Things, Counterfunctionality among others.

In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Rob Walker discusses his interest in death and how our digital records remain online, being shy and how this influenced his decision to become a journalist, writing about the sleeved blanket known as the snuggie, and the wish to brand the idea of "be happy for what you have." (02.04.11)

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Rob Walker

Story: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/18/sophie-blackall-debbie-millman-interview/

Excerpt from Design Matters with Debbie Millman: https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/design-matters-with-debbie-133

Subscribe to Design Matters on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Sophie Blackall on Design Matters: Darkness and Optimism in Children's Storytelling

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Recorded by Cosmo Sheldrake. Mixed by alalal and mastered at The Exchange London.

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2013 SVA Commencement Address. 

Transcript, highlights, and discussion: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/13/greil-marcus-sva-commencement-address/

Sophie Blackall on Design Matters: Darkness and Optimism in Children's Storytelling

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