Slate offers up a treatise on “the greatness of gin.” (via my friend Derek, who wrote: “for your book blog; there is too little booze on it”)
For Your Weekend
An Excerpt from the New Knausgaard
Here’s one for all you Knausgaard fans: Newsday has a short excerpt from My Struggle: Book Three. (Related: if you’re not yet a Knausgaard fan, allow Jonathan Callahan to extend an invitation to the club.)
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‘The scent is, in a word, newsy’
The New York Times, now available in scented candle form.
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Trash Collector
We’ve all heard stories about fans who root through the trash of Hollywood celebrities. But what about those rare birds who root through the trash of famous authors? Herewith, Adrienne LaFrance relates the story of Paul Moran, a Salem, MA resident who picked through John Updike’s garbage. It’s probably a good time to read our review of Adam Begley’s biography of Updike.
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Jim Harrison
The literary it-boys Katie Roiphe described last week in her provocative New York Times essay may say a polite "no, thank you" to sex, but not Legends of the Fall author Jim Harrison. No, sir. His lusty men of all shapes and sizes (octogenarians, clubfooted teens) take second helpings with gusto in his new collection The Farmer's Daughter.
Good Guy Google
Google is partnering with The HALO Trust in order to use its Google Earth Pro technology to detect and remove land mines in areas like Cambodia and Angola.
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