I do not have a good, easy and accessible system for archiving interesting articles that I find on blogs and other internet sites. So I’ve come up with Link Gems, a weekly round-up of articles and essays.
- Helon Habila, Chimamanda Adichie and Binyavanga Wainana discuss their literary heroes on The Africa Report. Habila wrote about Dambudzo Marechera, Adichie paid homage to Ama Ata Aidoo and Wainana talked about being inspired by Kojo Laing.
- In Thought Catalog, Charles Warnke presents his reasons why “You Should Date An Illiterate Girl“
- In the Financial Times, Adam Haslett, in “The Art of Good Writing” reviews How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One by Stanley Fish.
- In The Millions‘ essay, “The Pen, Mightier“, Nell Boeschenstein looks at our continuing fascination with penmanship.
- Frank Kovarik, also in The Millions, explores the relationship between Beloved and The Odyssey in “Her Story Next to His: Beloved and The Odyssey“
- Amelia Atlas in “In Criticism and the Anxiety of Authority” responds to the New York Times Book Reviews‘ panel discussion on Why Criticism Matters
Kinna Reads 
Kinna, while I am a huge fan of these link round-up style posts, I thought I would let you know that I use Delicious as a filing cabinet of links – I like to save other bloggers’ reviews of books so that I can link back to them when I review the book myself. It’s not perfect but it works quite well for me. Otherwise you can also try Read It Later and Xmarks.
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[…] of the blogs I follow is Kinna Reads. Today I received in my inbox the following: Link Gems. The gems included Chimamanda Adichie on Ama Ata Aidoo, an essay about the relationship between […]
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A blogger wrote a response to the Thought Catalog piece, which I also liked: http://littlemissdorkette.tumblr.com/post/3118512524/date-a-girl-who-reads-by-rosemarie-urquico
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Thanks for the link. The piece is also good.
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Kinna, thank you so, so much for these links. Reading Adichie on Aidoo and Helon on Marechera was very, very interesting. I see how Adichie often talks about Aidoo’s ‘No Sweetness Here’ and I am glad to have laid my hands on an old, old copy from the Balme library. I am eager to read why it remains one of Adichie’s favorite. Please keep this link gems…!
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I’m glad you got your hands on the book. I have to visit Balme Library one of these days. I’m eager to read your thoughts on the book.
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[…] of the blogs I follow is Kinna Reads. Today I received in my inbox the following: Link Gems. The gems included Chimamanda Adichie on Ama Ata Aidoo, an essay about the relationship between […]
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