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Who knows why The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ended up on my Netflix list — I must have realized that I’d seen the TV version but never the film original….

Mark has admitted a penchant for reading the previous work of an author when he’s assigned a review. I think this is a fairly common trait; I can’t imagine any…

I started reading a book last night, a book I thought would be fun. It didn’t grab me, but I was sleepy. So I crashed and after getting up, I…

My review of Girl Factory by Jim Krusoe ran this past weekend in the LA Times (forgive my BEA myopia). There is more to the novel than one can responsibly…

Mark Sarvas, who is a litblog friend, has published his first novel (Harry, Revised); it was reviewed in Sunday’s New York Times. Gawker characterized the review as “extraordinarily mean-spirited,” and…

I’m partway into Zachary Lazar’s Sway, a novel which imagines three 60s figures before their moments of fame (maybe fame does hit – I’m only about 100 pages in). He…

Monday: Stewart O’Nan reads in the evening at Pitt, in the 5th floor room where we have workshop, featuring arching gothic windows and the occasional wintry breeze. Afterwards a few…