Monthly Archives: April 2008

Can you believe April is just about over? Time passes so quickly; I find this concept very difficult to accept and grasp. We are only here 90 years or so, and man, we have to cram in a lot of … Continue reading →

In honor of Earth Day, Andi is giving away a copy of The Down to Earth Guide to Global Warming. Please hurry to her site to enter — the drawing will be held Friday, April 25th at 8am eastern! Other … Continue reading →

UC Berkeley surveyed what students have been reading over a 20-year period, and the results are interesting. The top books are: 1987 – The Color Purple, 1997 – The Fountainhead, and 2007 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Ayn … Continue reading →

How many of you will stop reading once I write these words: I have nothing to say? I suppose what I should write is: I have nothing to say about books, which I am reading or otherwise. I just haven’t … Continue reading →

It is National Library Week, folks, and I’m paying a visit tonight. To get into the mood, here is a quote from William Styron’s new book of essays. He waxes poetic on the Duke Library, but it could be AnyLibrary … Continue reading →

Ignatz Oasisby Monica Youn When you have left me the sky drains of color like the skin of a tightening fist. The sun begins its gold prowl swatting at tinsel streamerson the electric fan. Crouching I hide in the coolness … Continue reading →

Just links today; still trying to play catch up with life! Great observations on the writing life here. (via Maud Newton) News on the Pulitzer Prizes here. Awesome that Bob Dylan and Robert Hass are both winners. Junot Diaz won … Continue reading →