An interesting discussion is on in the comments at Shaken & Stirred place over book reviewing and criticism vs. negativity. Gwenda, Colleen and Niall all make worthy and thoughtful points.
Write one NY Times piece about tennis and the people get angry...Ed Champion asks, Is David Foster Wallace washed up?
Largehearted Boy links to an Elliott Smith MP3, of "I Didn't Understand," live with Jon Brion in LA in 1998. Or if you'd rather laugh than cry, Hillary Carlip creates a soundtrack for her book Queen of the Oddballs in LHB's Book Notes.
Claire Messud talks to Michelle Huneven in today's LA Weekly (via TEV). Messud's new book The Emperor's Children hasn't made it out of my to-be-read bookshelf yet; since so many love it maybe I'll stop procrastinating.
The Sea is out in paperback, if you haven't gotten your John Banville on yet.
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