Bulletin Board
- The 2013 South Dakota Festival of Books schedule is now available. The Festival is Sept. 20-22 in Deadwood
Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- Revolution Blues (“What all these authors share is an antiquated focus on high politics and military battles, areas that contemporary historical research has basically forsaken as irrelevant to the greater questions the [American] Revolution raises.”)
Blog Headline of the Week
Bookish Links
- Evidently a lot of people are asking the question I had about why “visit to heaven” books are nonfiction. The woman who handles the NYTBR bestseller lists says its policy is that “we do not second-guess personal accounts>’
- “Reading books has become one of the main expressions of dissent in Turkey”
- Stop trying to make me read the Game of Thrones books
- Libraries across the U.S. will contribute to LibraryReads, a monthly recommendation program highlighting public librarians’ 10 favorite adult new books debuting this fall
- Author points out that his English Lit degree and the humanities are essential to our culture
Nonbookish Linkage
- The Dubya presidency in one image (and if you want you can check out such summaries for the other presidents)
- Social scientists identify some surprising dos and don’ts for making ourselves happier
Am I getting smart with you? How would you know?
Daniel Tosh, True Stories I Made Up
