Segundo podcasto! The latest Bat Segundo podcast is with Octavia Butler. Vampires. Ficiton as prophecy. Typewriters.
Tonight Jared Diamond is in conversation with a bunch of smart dudes at LA's Natural History Museum, which currently has his Collapse exhibit. Followed by music by Japanese drummers, Dublab and more.
Also tonight: Long Beach's Portfolio Coffeehouse hosts a reading of contributors to Like Water Burning, including Jim Ruland (via The Elegant Variation).
Tod and Lee Goldberg will be doing their duo reading thing (twice) in Seattle on Saturday. Bring Tod an extra scarf -- he's weather averse.
Soon you'll be able to read Laila Lalami's Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits in Italian, Spanish, French and Dutch.
The Simpsons episode with Franzen, Chabon, Wolfe and Vidal was previewed in Wednesday's LA Times. Thomas Pynchon got to Springfield first, appearing with the emaciated Olson twins in January of 2004 and returning later that year with James Caan.
MetaxuCafe is putting litbloggers all in one place, as noted by many. I covet its cool programming.
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