... separated by a common language. Minx wonders: The language barrier - a grey/gray area? I think it's the American kids who don't ...

... to classify nature. At Petrona: Categories of animals .

... in The Independent: The mockingbird mystery . (Hat tip, Vikram Johri.) For what it's worth, back in the mid-'60s, I worked for ...

... Eric Ormsby and P.K. Page at Anecdotal Evidence: O Canada! (Hat tip, Dave Lull, who also sends this link to Page's "Planet Ea...

... at So Many Books: We Must Go Alone .

... or mere coincidence? John Freeman, president of the National Book Critics Circle, has a piece on this Sunday's Inquirer book page in...

Roger Miller takes a look at William H. Whyte's The Organization Man , turning 50 this year, and finds he's still with us: "Or...

... with a profile of the greatest living playwright: Sir Tom Stoppard . (Thanks to Dave Lull - who guessed who I meant, by the way - for a...

... I came upon this by Jessica Schneider about Edward Hopper . What I liked especially is what Jesica says about Steinbeck: "He does w...

... at Bud Bloom Poetry: "An excellently smiling appropriate soldier" . Having just read Eliot's Four Quartets again for the ...

... Rob Mackenzie likes Robert Wrigley's Lives of the Animals .

Stickybacks .

... from David Thayer: The New Journalism . Journalists of my generation (i.e., old guys) often wax nostalgic over the salad days of "i...

... on our own: AMAZE: The Cinquain Journal . Look for Deborah Beachboard's "Summer Solstice Moon," which I rather like, but c...

... has found us (which is good - otherwise we might not know about them): SNR Review . Also, here's the SNR Editor’s Blog .

The history of typographical bleeping . (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

Ron Hogan and Sarah Weinman are wondering: Do YOU Have GalleyCats? (Hat tip, Bonnie Calhoun.) My cat Pandora passed away a few years ago. A...

Pro-Serbian Author Turns Down Disputed German Prize . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Too bad poor Heine had to get mixed up in this.

... a bit of surgery here, a couple of workshops there (I'll have more to say about those later). But the upshot of it all is I'm fe...

... to the Sentinel Poetry Movement (more about this later).

... literally (sort of): Bookcase from beyond the Singularity . (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

... The Green Muse Review . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

Debra Hamel posts about Susan, Wife and mother by day, blogger by night . (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

... King Wenclas on How Not to Write a Book Review . (Via Brandywine Books.)

... why we read fiction? I haven't actually, and I'm not inclined to buy what's being served up in What's Your Favorite Nove...

... Prophet .

... Shameless has one: The Plum Incident .

Terry Teachout has a good day: Wonderland .

... has posted the first three entries in the skint story competition: skint stories .

... start early: Cockle shells .

... from John Updike with a supplement by John Freeman: Reviewing 101 . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... the next time you have pesto: Last words on Middlemarch . (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

... Looking for a word . (Via Maxine.)

... Dedication's what you need . (hat tip, Vikram Johri.)

... for the first World eBook Fair .

... what I felt: Blogger ....

... is Focus group .

Amy Nelson-Mile links to The 2006 Alex Awards . Amy also links to Faulkner's Maps and Some Examples Of Shakespeare's Influence .

... of the Alt.list are up at Book of the Day. Hmm.

... Chris Edwards looks at Old aruguments writ new . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

.... Southern Gothic Online .

... vox Dei: Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been named the greatest living British writer in a magazine poll . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Freeman Dyson's review of Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell : Religion from the Outside . I like Dyson's description of himsel...

... and though it is now back, I am not going to resume blogging until tomorrow morning.

... comes from the Grumpy Old Bookman: Which way the wind blows . This came via Dave Lull, who notes that "the reference to the Zipf c...

... I should not have missed: Simply Haiku .

Bill Peschel finds that Sue Grafton has them: “C” Is For Critic .

... sometime later. I must be off to West Chester.

... Bernard’s Letter . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

... for Dan Brown: Closing the book on the lousiest story ever sold .

... with Blogger's erratic behavior today, and I need to finish preparing for a workshopI am conducting tomorrow morning at the 2006 Wes...

... isn't too bright, if Jeff Jarvis is to be believed: Books will disappear. Print is where words go to die . (Both Dave Lull and Vikra...

... but Ian McEwan's Saturday has won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize: McEwan's Saturday wins UK's oldest literary prize . ...

... It is the inescapable duty of every decent citizen to express no interest in or enthusiasm for football and the World Cup - Theodore Dal...

... reports on Roger Angell: The Old Predilection .

... Poetry Life & Times .

... that I am skeptical of reliance on experts (it being, after all, just a variation on the argument from authority). So I am glad to link ...

... though Gene Justice thinks It's Just Possible it may only be of interest to him.

... I very much understand this story: Recovering Catholic .

... The PoetryRepairShop .

... A little word in your ear . Auden said once that there are lines of poetry that exert power over the listener even though he is unfamil...

... he's a class act: Sand Storm . I have read Sand Storm , and yes, as John says, it's a bit ragged in spots. But it also has a ver...

... Poetry in the classroom (Rated PG-13).

... Boston's Valedictorians are Mostly Immigrants .

is Heather O'Neill's Paper Blooms

... so If you write, read ...

... Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia . (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

... and some more book blogs at BookGlutton (via Maxine at Petrona): Britain's favourite Beach Read .

... to John Updike at the BEA . (I think I owe someone a hat tip for this, but I can't remember who. Sorry.)

... Literature will not survive the 21st century . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

... Zadie Smith: Zadie Smith wins Orange prize . (hat tip, Vikram Johri.)

... Via The Poetry Hut: The Revival of Cultural Life in Iraq .

... we don't have to worry about the Antichrist. Turns out it's only Glenn Reynolds .

Pamela Norris's top 10 passionate women writers . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

... for writing poetry: After a closed trial .

... what to do? That's what Shameless is wondering: The Blitz .

... by its cover. Maxine looks at Cover stories .

... at Bud Bloom Poetry: The poetry is lost in not translating .

... to take another look at Oswald Spengler. Roger Sandall has and has made some interesting disocveries: The Decline of the West, and unack...

... Tupelo Press Announces Open Submissions For Fiction & Poetry For July, 2006 .

... you may want to stop by the Small Press Center today: Brooklyn's indie publishers turn the page .

Both Dave Lull and Roger Miller have alerted me to this NYT piece: Digital Publishing Is Scrambling the Industry's Rules .

... this time of some of the best works of fiction since 1990 . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) The accent here is on literary fiction.

... and not feeling too bad. But I am going to rest up for the time being. In the meantime, here is a great piece about Rachmaninoff by Byro...

... I am off to have a bit of oral surgery. Nothing serious, just uncomfortable. Back when I feel up to it.

... but did you ever think all literature was? According to Susan Straight, That's why the search for one Great American Novel is misgui...

... should you be reading? To find out take Sarah's Quiz . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

... I want to resume readin Richard Davenport-Hines's Proust at the Majestic . But I also want to mention that throughout this weekend I...

... the spirit of place: Beside the Yorkshire Ganges .

... one of my best reviewers. She has since moved on to greater things, such as winning the Orange Prize - for We Need to Talk About Kevin ....

... Sparrow . You have to scroll down, but notice that you can hear it also.

... have been discussing Islam in connection with this post: I meant to post this yesterday ... Now Dave Lull sends me a link to Roger Scrut...

... is Emily, at Thirteen . No comment needed.

Maxine links to The what of fiction?

... for scholars to occasionally stray from the confines of their professional paddocks: The Playwright Hitler Plagiarized . Obviously, the ...

... here's something else I forgot: Something by my colleague Eric Mencher: Romance - and everything else - in Paris . Updated to fix li...

At This Writing Life: A gratuitously old-fashioned adventure story . (And another hat tip to Maxine.)

Sand Storm Features PubSub's New Literature Community List (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

..Ecoute Moi.. Check out Winter Song - and the comments.

... that another poetry I failed to link to was nthposition . It doesn't look to me to be a poetry site exclusively, but I have linked t...