I enjoy lots of other people's great writing, mainly about words and meaning, but sometimes about concepts and ways of seeing the world. I also can't get enough of cartoons about words and meaning.
Here's a few I love and visit regularly.
Blogs and websites
Brain Pickings, by Maria Popova, in depth explorations of amazing books
The Conversation, articles written with academic rigour, journalistic flair
Michael West Media, independent journalism
The Saturday Paper, weekly independent newspaper
Wait but Why by Tim Urban, long-form, stick-figure-illustrated blog about almost everything
Writing About Writing by Chris Brechen
Yasmin Nair, writer, academic, activist, commentator
Toons and articles with lots of toons
First Dog on the Moon by Andrew Marllton, political cartoonist for The Guardian Australia
Nathan Pile (on FB): Strange Planet
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, (SMBC) by Zack Weinersmith
XKCD, by Randall Munroe, a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language
No comments:
Post a Comment
All comments are moderated. After you click Publish (bottom left), you will get a pop up for approval. You may also get a Blogger request to confirm your name to be displayed with your comment. I aim to reply within two days.