Danielle Steele. Or maybe Borrow.
Something jumped out at me when I saw this piece in Galleycat about Danielle Steele’s latest (Sisters) being excerpted in Seventeen Magazine. The purple skirt, maybe? Because I’ve seen the…
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SAT question
One sister, C, departs from New York on Sunday night driving an average of 70mph. The other sister, L, leaves Seattle with boyfriend T on Wednesday. L and T average…
The World’s Largest Sand Hill Crane
1200 miles down, 1600 to go. That combined with storm reports put me into serious driver mode: only highways, no meals, no fun. Reading? Not a chance. Having a decent…
La la la la La Porte
This morning I started out in La Porte, Indiana. When I was looking at map trying to figure out where to sleep, it jumped out at me because I’m a…
Speaking of colonial America
I don’t want to jump the gun on the next round of LBC nominees, but I can’t stop myself from urging you to read Jamestown by Matthew Sharpe right now….
In the LA Times
This weekend’s LA Times Book Review includes a review of Yes, Yes, Cherries, the debut short story collection by Mary Otis, reviewed by little old me. The book is published…
I have my start but I don’t have a part
Some elements of a road trip you can plan, some you can’t. Among the latter: – the price of gas – inclement weather (15 degrees below average) – evil, tenacious…
Delillopalooza
Did New York Magazine think it was starting a meme when it ranked Delillo works? Well, it’s quacking like a meme. Ed Park picked it up first with his excellent…
Civilization begins with distillation
Two days before 55 of our founding fathers wrapped up the first Constitutional Convention, they… adjourned to a tavern for some rest, and according to the bill they drank 54…
I’d like to bonk Sasha Frere-Jones on the head
…with Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day. And that’ll including the full weight of the 785 pages he did not read before deciding against it in the Morning News Tournament of…
