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Bookish Linkage After the minor uproar caused by a Nobel Literature Award judge saying the U.S. was too insular, here’s an idea: be less insular. If you for some reason doubt we suffer literary insularity, it’s estimated that translated works account for only 0.6% of all the new fiction titles being published in the U.S. […] Bulletin Board I’ve posted a review of Broadcast Sessions 1958-1959 by the Miles Davis All-Stars over at Blogcritics. Bookish Linkage Amazon gives a book review thief his comeuppance — sort of. Flashlight Worthy combines lists and books to come up with “handpicked book recommendations on hundreds of topics.” (Via.) Meanwhile, here’s some recommendations for drinking […] Bulletin Board I’m happy to report that one of the South Dakota school reading projects I promoted is now fully funded. However, the other project on the Crow Creek Reservation is still in need of donors. You don’t go into the home of the Broad Street Bullies (whose fans have been known to boo Santa […] Bulletin Board Most Americans have never heard of the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature but The Literary Saloon rounds up quotes from some of his reviews and plenty of reaction. Interestingly, two of his books have been published in English by the University of Nebraska Press. Evidently trying to be a bit […] Bulletin Board In case I haven’t mentioned it, hockey starts today!! Bruce Springsteen, who endorsed Obama earlier this year, is performing at four events for the candidate in the coming week. The first three are rallies today through Sunday in Philadelphia and college campuses in Ohio and Michigan. Then he’ll perform Oct. 16 at “Change […] |
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