“You heard me: I said, Ann M. Martin is queeeeer.” A longtime Baby-Sitter’s Club fan gets her mind blown. Pair with this celebration of Martin’s oeuvre.
And She’s A Mary Ann
In The Shadow of Odessa
Craig Fehrman reviews Keith O'Brien’s Outside Shot, a book which follows the 2009-10 boys’ basketball team at Scott County High School in Georgetown, Kentucky. O’Brien’s book is much in the mold of Buzz Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights, writes Fehrman, in that it’s concerned with a “troubled town, precarious season, political resonance” – but it’s also a book that falters under the legacy of its predecessor.
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On Road Trips and Book Hoarding
"Driving hundreds of miles at a time... uncorked the forgotten joys of my undergraduate years—chief among them the fantasy that simply buying a book guarantees that it will get read." Ted Trautman on going on a book-buying binge during a cross-country road-trip.
Carl Crawford to Open Antiquarian Bookshop
Now that he's signed a $142 million contract with the Boston Red Sox, outfielder Carl Crawford has turned his attention to pursuing his decades-long dream of running an antiquarian bookstore. (context)
Brad Listi Finally Gets Interviewed
The NY Daily News sat Other People Podcast's Brad Listi down for an interview, and thus answers the question of “who interviews the interviewers.”
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Two Good Women
Want to see Nobel laureate Alice Munro in conversation with Margaret Atwood? The two will take part in a Google+ hangout on Wednesday night at 7:30. (You could also read our beginner's guide to Munro's work.)
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