I’m not only saying that Jez Burrows was robbed because Bronwyn (my hero) said it first. (Or because everyone else on the web seems to think so.)
I’m saying that Jez Burrows was robbed because this is one of the sexiest book covers I’ve seen all year:
That being said, this post is not about Jez Burrows […]
02 July 2008
Books & Literature
Tagged book cover, books, cover art, cover design, design, great ideas, jez burrows, penguin, penguin design award, story, storyteller
By Sameer Vasta
A professor once told me that you can learn a lot about people by the books they read. I’d argue that you can learn even more about people by the books they recommend for others to read.
That’s probably why I found this article in the New York Times so fascinating: earlier this month, the Book […]
13 June 2008
Books & Literature
Tagged books, Canada, conservative, dion, harper, layton, liberal, Literature, ndp, new democrat, new york times, politicians, Politics
By Sameer Vasta
When I was young, my father used to chastize me for not looking up from my book while crossing the street. Calling me a “bookworm” was an apt metaphor: when I picked up a book, I crawled inside it and very rarely broke free to see the light of day until I was done.
These days, […]
Steve Jobs thinks that reading is dead, but if that’s true, mark me as an anomaly. I love reading. I love the way good writers craft their sentences and stories in ways that captivate and enthrall. I love that great writers not only entertain me when I read their work, but inspire me to be […]
12 February 2008
Books & Literature
Tagged author, books, cory doctorow, david foster wallace, ian mcewan, jhumpa lahiri, jk rowling, jm coetzee, john updike, Literature, reading, short fiction, writer, Writing
By Sameer Vasta
So you know that post I wrote today where I said that Steve Jobs was wrong when he said that reading was dead? Well, as much as that post came from my heart, it wasn’t really the best post I have ever written.
What I really wish I had written, instead, was something akin to what […]