Damn that hijacked wifi
When I visited Pittsburgh earlier this year, the place I was staying had spotty internet service. So I kept my laptop in the car as I looked for apartments —…
Category Archives: online
Super Powers
Yikes! Whatever you do, don’t miss the roundtable discussion of Richard Powers’ new book, The Echo Maker, going on this week over at Ed’s place. It’s a beautiful, wonderful book;…
One book meme revisited
Because it’s a Friday and because Anne asked, I’m revisiting the One Book Meme. With new improved answers! 1. One book that changed your life? The Secret of the Old…
What I’ve been missing
Merci! Mysterious literary agent Andrew Wylie’s Le Monde interview is translated into English by the Elegant Variation. Someday I will get to the New Yorker festival. But this year, Galleycat…
Hello hello hi
It’s fun city here in Pittsburgh (don’t tell Sienna Miller, we don’t want her hanging around). Anyway, not only did the MFA students pick the name for the new Pitt…
advance warning
So here’s the thing. I’ve been working on moving this blog to another blogging platform. It was almost done, but something in the final step has gotten all mucky. If…
Tuesday linkage
In honor of Banned Books Week, Tod Goldberg takes on book-banning Christians. The Happy Booker rubs shoulders with Lisa Fugard, Elizabeth Kostova, Jim Lehrer and more as DC gears up…
Friday linkage
The Elegant Variation wants you to get stoned — I.F. Stone’d, that is. Galleycat’s search for an archnemesis ends at Gawker’s Intern Alexis — but the fued is foiled. Let’s…
Could Tanenhaus be next?
Time book critic Lev Grossman notices Ed Champion has been ranting about him and takes on this "mortal enemy" in the pages of the magazine. Ed has called Lev "silly,"…
Morning, monday
The Elegant Variation has a complete report — with pictures! — of the West Hollywood Book Fair. Mark even captured the entire Goldberg literary sibling set Goldberg (Tod, Lee, Karen…
