David Mitchell’s new novel.
A bookstore owner burns books in protest of America’s lack of support for the written word. Um, actually, America supports the written word rather well, to the tune of 200,000 new books per year in America alone, so we just can’t handle the onslaught of the printed page. Also, depends what books are being burned – I might have a few more to add to the bonfire.
Reading deprivation for a week. Sounds like something straight out of Guantanamo.
Harry Potter psychos prepared to do anything to buy book at midnight. (via Books, Inc) But any excitement over books is a rather welcome matter – now we just need to convince people to read more than one book a year, and preferably something better than a sensationalized fantasy.
Lovely essay about the literature dealing with medication for mood disorders over at Conversational Reading. Also some thoughts about the topic at The Millions.
Callie Miller over at Counterbalance has a wonderful roundtable discussion going on about Marisha Pessl’s Special Topics in Calamity Physics, both Part One and Part Two.
Slush Pile realities, along with Slush Pile success stories.
Litkicks has an insightful rundown of the latest New York Times Book Review.
