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I’ve been reading up a storm the past week or so and I’m trying to write up some reviews of them. In the meanwhile, you can read these: The Spring Oxford American has arrived. This is their big Best of the South issue with articles such as “An Ode to the Moon Winx Lodge Sign” [...]

If you enjoyed the Black Swan Green discussion between myself and Ed, you’re in luck. We’re getting ready to start another discussion, this time with more players. I won’t reveal the book yet, but I’ll reveal the other participants: Scott Esposito, Gwenda Bond, and Dan Wickett. So keep your eyes open over the next few [...]

While at BEA last month, I met a great bookseller, Aubrey Davis, from Arches Book Company in Moab, Utah. She’s just started a blog called Episode Soldier.

Ann Coulter has a stalker! Just kidding! Well, she really does have a stalker according to this article in the Guardian, but I suppose it’s not good news. Of course, this is America, the land she’s trying so desperately to protect, so she can spout whatever nonsense/crap she wants. And since I too am an [...]

The Believer has an conversation between Sigrid Nunez, author of The Last of Her Kind (which I’ve been dying to read but haven’t gotten my hands on yet), and T Cooper, author of Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes available online. One of the choice tidbits I found: TC: Hell, I’ve been asked for ID [...]

Martin Booth certainly was a lucky boy. He and his parents moved to Hong Kong during the Korean War and Martin’s mother, rather than holding him back like the other boys, let him roam freely around the area. We’re lucky because of his ability to recall that time in his lovely book Golden Boy: Memories [...]

Sorry for the continuing silence here. I mentioned a few months back that I was starting a new job here at the store. While it’s going quite well, I’m finding that it’s taking up most of my time right now. Starting anything new takes a bit of adjustment and I’m finally starting to feel a [...]