The field has been set for The Morning News‘ annual Tournament of Books. Who will emerge victorious this year? Will it be a DeWitt or a deWitt?
The Tournament of Books
SF’s Thriving Libraries
Book lovers say it's nothing to keep quiet about: San Francisco's libraries are thriving.
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Music for Thought
The moral conundrum that can be the white hip hop critic.
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‘I’m going to begin by telling you about Miss Frost.’
Simon & Schuster has posted an excerpt of John Irving's forthcoming novel In One Person.
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Yuks of the North
“A Canadian author, a farmer, and a First Nations teenager went fishing. The farmer mostly sat there quietly while the author and the teenager tried to find common ground, even though the gulf between them felt massive.” A Canadian literary scene joke book.
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New (Yorker) Murakami
Recommended Reading: “Samsa In Love,” Haruki Murakami’s new fiction in the latest issue of The New Yorker. Bonus: Did you know he translated Jim Fusilli’s 33 1/3 book on Pet Sounds?
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“What fascinates me are the turning points”
At The Guardian’s website, Hilary Mantel reflects on her second Booker Prize, awarded to the author for her new novel, Bring Up the Bodies. Mantel is the first woman to win the prize more than once.
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I’ve only read three of the books (so far), but I *loved* The Sisters Brothers. So I think I’m going with deWitt on this one!