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 and Linda) at their panel.

The Millions gets the photo-less scoop on the Brooklyn Book Festival -- not to worry, pics are here and here. And the 60-second version is captured on video -- really, they even got Brooklyn Boro Prez Marty Markowitz. 

Laila Lalami spends quality time with 500 Tennesseeans. So close to Pittsburgh -- drop on by!

The Syntax of Things muses on James Frey's first post-debacle interview, finds the nonfiction memoirist novelist wanting.

Beware, tomorrow is International Talk Like a Pirate Day and just in time, The Mumpsimus has found a sea chanty soundtrack -- yep, an MP3 awaits.