{"id":97499867,"date":"2023-01-20T13:30:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T13:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=97499867"},"modified":"2023-01-20T13:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T13:30:55","slug":"friday-links-lets-be-responsible-writers-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=97499867","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links: Let&#039;s Be Responsible Writers Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;I was recently denied a writing prize because, they said, I was lazy. What they meant by lazy was that I used too many contractions:&#8221; &#8211; Lydia Davis, &#8220;Can&#8217;t and Won&#8217;t&#8221;<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Friday! If you\u2019re in the service industry, I hope you absolutely clean up in tips this weekend. I hope some rich jerk gets you free food somehow. And I hope your unwind method of choice is fruitful. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What I\u2019ve Been Reading This Week:<\/strong> <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still on <em>The Last Voyage of Somebody The Sailor<\/em> by John Barth and <em>The Butterfly Lampshade<\/em> by Aimee Bender. Told y\u2019all I\u2019m a slow reader. I <em>did<\/em> read this week that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/nba\/2023\/1\/16\/23556482\/nba-awards-nikola-jokic-mvp\">Jaren Jackson Jr. has blocked 83 shots in 26 games this season<\/a>, an absolutely absurd number that had me questioning what numbers meant for a second. In lieu of a book cover, let\u2019s watch some JJJ highlights: <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jaren Jackson Jr. CAREER Best Defensive Plays!\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4M6iJyIDkYw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LINKS!<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2023\/01\/18\/pilsen-food-pantry-mourns-after-death-of-beloved-staff-member-celso-dionicio-ignacio\/\">Please read the story of Celso Dionico Ignacio<\/a>, who was laid off during the pandemic and began volunteering at the Pilsen food pantry. He recently passed away, and Pilsen neighbors are mourning his loss. If we honor people by telling their stories, this is a story worth reading. <\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturalfront.org\/2023\/01\/john-keene-as-jazz-poet.html\">Howard Rambsy II on John Keene as a jazz poet<\/a>. Not only is John Keene an award-winning, <em>fascinating<\/em>, and thoughtful poet, he is also an incredibly kind person. Pick up one of his books. <\/p><\/li><li><p>This week\u2019s Behind the Bastards, <span class=\"mention-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Shatter Zone&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:1198857,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;pub&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/shatterzone&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:null,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;12950bc9-4298-48c5-9204-f1ba42f392a4&quot;}\" data-component-name=\"MentionToDOM\"\/> here on Substack, on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/behind-the-bastards\/id1373812661?i=1000594913145\">Mythopoetic Men\u2019s Movement and Robert Bly<\/a>. Poets rarely get famous, I can\u2019t imagine being the thing I get famous for as a poet being seeding the Men Right\u2019s Movement. Very accurate of Sophie to point out the Iowa Writer\u2019s Workshop as a red flag. <\/p><\/li><li><p>On the episode of The Line Break that comes out next week, Bob and I mention we both need to read more of the late Charles Simic, who is rad and passed away recently. <a href=\"https:\/\/plumepoetry.com\/essay-on-the-prose-poem-by-charles-simic\/\">This essay on prose poems is a great start<\/a>. <\/p><\/li><li><p>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/maps\/id1524560275?i=1000594573129\">Secretly Incredibly Fascinating podcast on Maps<\/a> is a must-listen for sci-fi and speculative fiction writers, especially for the section on \u201ccounter-mapping.\u201d<\/p><\/li><li><p>Speaking of writing sci-fi and speculative fiction, check out this excellent writing constraint from Matt Bell, <span class=\"mention-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;No Failure, Only Practice&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:32153,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;pub&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/mattbell&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/59b7161e-16ab-4132-acef-6e4b356b9d2e_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;46b98818-05bb-48f9-944e-0569dc86bd5f&quot;}\" data-component-name=\"MentionToDOM\"\/> here on Substack:<br\/><\/p><div data-component-name=\"Twitter2ToDOM\" class=\"tweet\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdbell79\/status\/1615733090927927296?s=20&amp;t=R9mpfPtYCbiMQzrYzn1E0Q&quot;,&quot;full_text&quot;:&quot;In the novel I'm writing, I named one of my invented cities with a word I'm prone to overusing, taking it away from myself by turning it into an in-world proper noun that then can't be used elsewhere. Might have to anchor all the worldbuilding here in my bad habits!&quot;,&quot;username&quot;:&quot;mdbell79&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Matt Bell&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;Wed Jan 18 15:29:22 +0000 2023&quot;,&quot;photos&quot;:[],&quot;quoted_tweet&quot;:{},&quot;retweet_count&quot;:9,&quot;like_count&quot;:223,&quot;expanded_url&quot;:{},&quot;video_url&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false}\"><a class=\"tweet-link-top\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdbell79\/status\/1615733090927927296?s=20&amp;t=R9mpfPtYCbiMQzrYzn1E0Q\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"tweet-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"tweet-header-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/twitter_name\/w_96\/mdbell79.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter avatar for @mdbell79\"\/><div class=\"tweet-header-text\"><span class=\"tweet-author-name\">Matt Bell <\/span><span class=\"tweet-author-handle\">@mdbell79<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tweet-text\">In the novel I&#8217;m writing, I named one of my invented cities with a word I&#8217;m prone to overusing, taking it away from myself by turning it into an in-world proper noun that then can&#8217;t be used elsewhere. Might have to anchor all the worldbuilding here in my bad habits!<\/div><\/a><a class=\"tweet-link-bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdbell79\/status\/1615733090927927296?s=20&amp;t=R9mpfPtYCbiMQzrYzn1E0Q\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"tweet-footer\"><span class=\"tweet-date\">3:29 PM \u2219 Jan 18, 2023<\/span><hr\/><div class=\"tweet-ufi\"><span href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdbell79\/status\/1615733090927927296?s=20&amp;t=R9mpfPtYCbiMQzrYzn1E0Q\/likes\" class=\"likes\"><span class=\"like-count\">223<\/span>Likes<\/span><span href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdbell79\/status\/1615733090927927296?s=20&amp;t=R9mpfPtYCbiMQzrYzn1E0Q\/retweets\" class=\"retweets\"><span class=\"rt-count\">9<\/span>Retweets<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><p>Saw this on Twitter and if this is what final projects look like, give this prof all the awards: <\/p><div data-component-name=\"Twitter2ToDOM\" class=\"tweet\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrMcD_N_Action\/status\/1614792532231348224?s=20&amp;t=78jybDYDOfSiySXebgeVlw&quot;,&quot;full_text&quot;:&quot;Here is another final project from one of the brilliant students in my Sociology of &lt;span class=\\&quot;tweet-fake-link\\&quot;&gt;@iamcardib&lt;\/span&gt; class. &lt;span class=\\&quot;tweet-fake-link\\&quot;&gt;@VtSoc&lt;\/span&gt; . She also did really good work on her research project. &lt;span class=\\&quot;tweet-fake-link\\&quot;&gt;#sociologyofCardib&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=\\&quot;tweet-fake-link\\&quot;&gt;#bookcomingsoon&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=\\&quot;tweet-fake-link\\&quot;&gt;#publicsociology&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=\\&quot;tweet-fake-link\\&quot;&gt;@BadFatBlackGirl&lt;\/span&gt; \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffe &quot;,&quot;username&quot;:&quot;DrMcD_N_Action&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The Soulciologist, Ph.D.&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;Mon Jan 16 01:11:55 +0000 2023&quot;,&quot;photos&quot;:[{&quot;img_url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/upload\/w_1028,c_limit,q_auto:best\/l_twitter_play_button_rvaygk,w_88\/vygztkzqmtl5pqx8ar4h&quot;,&quot;link_url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/JaVKzUlowd&quot;,&quot;alt_text&quot;:null}],&quot;quoted_tweet&quot;:{},&quot;retweet_count&quot;:26,&quot;like_count&quot;:122,&quot;expanded_url&quot;:{},&quot;video_url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video\/1614792196686839811\/pu\/vid\/320x568\/WpU4x1paABOB8RDG.mp4?tag=12&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false}\"><a class=\"tweet-link-top\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrMcD_N_Action\/status\/1614792532231348224?s=20&amp;t=78jybDYDOfSiySXebgeVlw\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"tweet-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"tweet-header-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/twitter_name\/w_96\/DrMcD_N_Action.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter avatar for @DrMcD_N_Action\"\/><div class=\"tweet-header-text\"><span class=\"tweet-author-name\">The Soulciologist, Ph.D. <\/span><span class=\"tweet-author-handle\">@DrMcD_N_Action<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tweet-text\">Here is another final project from one of the brilliant students in my Sociology of <span class=\"tweet-fake-link\">@iamcardib<\/span> class. <span class=\"tweet-fake-link\">@VtSoc<\/span> . She also did really good work on her research project. <span class=\"tweet-fake-link\">#sociologyofCardib<\/span> <span class=\"tweet-fake-link\">#bookcomingsoon<\/span> <span class=\"tweet-fake-link\">#publicsociology<\/span> <span class=\"tweet-fake-link\">@BadFatBlackGirl<\/span> \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffe <\/div><\/a><div class=\"tweet-video-wrapper\"><video class=\"tweet-video\" controls=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video\/1614792196686839811\/pu\/vid\/320x568\/WpU4x1paABOB8RDG.mp4?tag=12\" alt=\"Video\"\/><\/div><a class=\"tweet-link-bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrMcD_N_Action\/status\/1614792532231348224?s=20&amp;t=78jybDYDOfSiySXebgeVlw\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"tweet-footer\"><span class=\"tweet-date\">1:11 AM \u2219 Jan 16, 2023<\/span><hr\/><div class=\"tweet-ufi\"><span href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrMcD_N_Action\/status\/1614792532231348224?s=20&amp;t=78jybDYDOfSiySXebgeVlw\/likes\" class=\"likes\"><span class=\"like-count\">122<\/span>Likes<\/span><span href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrMcD_N_Action\/status\/1614792532231348224?s=20&amp;t=78jybDYDOfSiySXebgeVlw\/retweets\" class=\"retweets\"><span class=\"rt-count\">26<\/span>Retweets<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorry you got an email, <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris<\/p><div class=\"subscription-widget-wrap-editor\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}\" data-component-name=\"SubscribeWidgetToDOM\"><div class=\"subscription-widget show-subscribe\"><div class=\"preamble\"><p class=\"cta-caption\">Thanks for reading shipwrecked sailor! 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