From our own Michael Bourne comes a new short story, “Beautiful,” available from The Southampton Review.
Beautiful
Toni Morrison and Junot Díaz in Conversation
Recommended Viewing: Toni Morrison spoke with Junot Díaz at the New York Public Library last week, and the organizers were good enough to record the entire conversation and put it online. The talk begins at the 40:09 mark, so you can either fast forward or click this link right here.
Obama’s Books
In support of "Small Business Saturday," President Obama took his daughters shopping for books at Kramerbooks in D.C. So, which books made it to the register?
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Curiosities: SF Tour
History's 10 best prison breaks.A Paid Content column argues that the true genius of the Kindle is that it breaks the trend toward multi-tasking......But there is still a huge amount of confusion surrounding the Kindle's DRM policies.AbeBooks aggregates some summer reading lists.VQR compiles a brief reading list for those following the post-election protests in Iran.Bay Area readers: Conversational Reading is taking a page from The Millions playbook and hosting a San Francisco indie bookstore walking tour. Sounds fun!
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Oylmpics: A Cautionary Tale
Remember, everybody. Running with the Olympic torch is temporary, but a misspelled tattoo is forever.