Ah, the Rich Rewards of a Well-Read Society

According to a little bit of info on my Facebook homepage:

Top Books in the Los Angeles, CA network. Harry Potter The Bible Catcher in the Rye 1984 The Great Gatsby Da Vinci Code Angels and Demons To Kill a Mockingbird The Alchemist

To recap: there’s a novel written for children, a religious text, books one is forced to read in …

Giving New Meaning to Keeping Literature Alive

Actors Jenna and Bodhi Elfman have named their newborn son, Story.

Hopefully there’s more to it than a love of M. Night Shyamalan and his bedtime tales. Here’s to all those parents out there who aren’t afraid to bestow upon their children names filled with lyricism and personal meaning. Oooh, I wonder if he has a middle name and what that might be.

The Fiction Issue is Here! The Fiction Issue is Here!

Ahoy, writerly folks. It’s that time of year again: Time to support your species and purchase the fine, fine fiction issue published annually by the Atlantic Monthly. Don’t be halted by the nagging awareness that The Atlantic may not ever publish your work unless you change your name to Updike. Instead, think rosy thoughts like this one: While the fiction ship sinks in these times of …