Slanting Nib & A Keyboard

By Amit Gawande

A regular dose of 3 classic works of writing - curious most times; at times, profound. Engrossing every single time.

Previous issues

On Making Time for Life

#16 May 9, 2021

On A Healthful Train of Thought

#15 Apr 25, 2021

Let's Talk About Thoughts That Make You Uneasy

#14 Apr 11, 2021

#13

Mar 12, 2021

You Write Because You Have To – Hello Friend,After a prolonged slump in my productivity, I've been writing a lot more recently. I'm n
#12

Mar 4, 2021

Slanting Nib Returns With Vol. 2 – Hello Friend,It's been a while since I published the last issue. For me, neither 2020 signed off on a
#11

Oct 1, 2020

Changed, yet Stayed the Same – Hello friend,I took a brief time off in the last couple of weeks to reflect on what I have learned ab
#10

Sep 2, 2020

The Tangle of Language System – The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created
#9

Aug 19, 2020

Failing is Easy. Do It Well. – Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward su
#8

Aug 12, 2020

Inspiration, Focus and Craft – Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the
#7

Aug 5, 2020

Nostalgia of Paper & Comfort of eInk – "One technology doesn’t replace another, it complements. Books are no more threatened by Kindle than
#6

Jul 29, 2020

Library Is a Space Ship, Time Machine and Much More – "A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of i
#5

Jul 22, 2020

This, That and A Lot on Punctuation – "I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - a
#4

Jul 15, 2020

Expressions & Revelations via Style – “I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing s
#3

Jul 8, 2020

On Notebooks, Words & Language – “We never sit anything out. We are cups, quietly and constantly being filled. The trick is knowing ho
#2

Jul 1, 2020

Polaroid Snapshot and a Windowpane – "Words are a lens to focus one's mind" - Ayn RandWords, being preeminent, have the potential to engro
#1

Jun 24, 2020

Let's Dwell in Writing History – "Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it." -- Bob DylanSuch a simple th