Delillo, Banville and a really cute scarf
Anne has read the new Don Delillo Falling Man, and wonders when the rest of us will be able to join her in discussing it. Oh, how I wish I…
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Meeting you is fun
A new David Mitchell podcast from a nervous fan in the UK. Mitchell is in Japan. Which makes me think he’s well-positioned, globally, to stop at the LA Times Festival…
A little roundup (before my meter expires)
The best way to experience SXSW is vicariously, through Tony Pierce, who racks up more fun in these short days than the rest of us’ll have all year. Largehearted Boy…
The tourney of books begins
In the first matchup at The Morning News, Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tops Gary Shteyngart’s Absurdistan. One serious novel set in Africa advances — which may…
Roadtrippin’
When I take to the road in a big way, big things happen. For example: 1989: As I’m driving from California to Rhode Island, Chinese students gather in Tiananmen Square…
meanwhile, elsewhere
At The Millions, C. Max Magee writes a great review of Paper Trails by Pete Dexter. At Rain Taxi, Laird Hunt writes a great review of Vera and Linus by…
Taking the pants off the Oscars
What better way to experience the Oscars(TM) than with a liveblog of stellar authors and slightly inebriated litbloggers? The magic will be happening here, courtesy of the hardest working man…
Book tourney zombie round, hooray!
The Morning News announces their 2007 Tournament of Books – in which a bunch of books go head-to-head, winners advancing until one emerges on top. It’s like college basketball’s March…
A centipede meme: 100 books, a little creepy
Via Ann and Ed and Cam and Imani. This is a fun game, but it’s an odd list — lots of Harry Potter and hobbits, not a single Delillo or…
Rock me like a hurricane
Every year my birthday falls on the 23rd of the same month*, which is kinda scary, right? So I’m inclined to go see the movie 23 (whenever it makes it…
