... at "the touchy tribe": Annals of Poetry . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... Are Mensa Members Thick? This may be, however, because I tend to feel happy and like to think I'm reasonably bright. Of course I cou...

... include: ... my review of John Banville's Benjamin Black thriller: Prize-winner offers his first crime novel . Carlin Romano on Mila...

... 'Dog Years: A Memoir' by Mark Doty . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

... Newspaper Blackout Poems .

... we can look forward to: The Satisfactions of Little Bill and Mrs Porter .

... to find a good atheist to talk to: Lonely Atheists of The Global Village . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) It would have been wonderful if any of ...

... Confessions of a Book Abuser . (Hat tip, Christine Klocek-Lim) I make few an very tiny notes sometimes in the books I review. Mostly, I ...

... so I'm not going to push it. Back tomorrow.

... The Kid Sparrow .

... going there: Search for the cranky generation .

... The Fiery World .

... and being much affected by Journal in the Night when I was in college: Theodor Haecker .

... you ain't the only one: How some folks try to manage when no snooze is bad news .

... a pleasant spring diversion: Virginia Festival of the Book .

... The Napkin Fiction Project .

... The Glass Menagerie - a review . (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

... Lord Jeff: Problem Solved.

... newspapers may not think books are that important - unless, of course, it's one reviewed in the Times - but people are sure fightin...

... Heard the one about the atheist who scorned a comedian for his belief in a comforting God? (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Dawkins really can be ...

... from Philadelphia: Former - and still much loved - music director Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting Bach-Stokowski .

... filtered and compiled by the FIS Grandee himself: A Tolerable Equanimity: The List . One question, though, regarding No. 4: What about ...

... with newspapers and bloggers ?

... they're live blogging the NBCC awards over at Critical Mass . (That's why I'm still here, because I have to move a story abo...

... that didn't make it online Sunday: The other woman became, like Plath, a suicide .

... A New Theory of the Universe . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

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

... about teens not reading? Teens buying books at fastest rate in decades . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden. To the best of my knowledge, The Inquirer...

"Two of the more startling discoveries I made in the course of working on this book were that Joe Waynick, chief executive of Alcor, is...

... International Women’s Day—A Literary Quiz .

... with some Oddments .

... Stickball on the streets of Philly .

... Hwaet!

... Book reviews and ad revenues . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) " Perhaps Mr. Wilson may elaborate on his brief suggestion in the WSJ," ...

... Martha Woodall tells about Carolyn See's visit tomorrow to Bucks County Community College: Author Carolyn See making rare visit . Mo...

... regarding SF poetry .

... I made it back to the office, but find myself horribly behind in just about everything. So blogging has had to be spotty. We'll get ...

... and putting it in the home: Crime and family in books and film . I love this comment Maxine makes about John Osborne: "I've rea...

... to a one-time fascination with Jim Morrison: Caresses of a snake . I confess to a lingering fondness for The Doors, "L.A. Woman...

... Prolific novelist and biographer whose style reflected his roots in French and Russian culture .

... High bids expected for rare Chaucer edition . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... You Can't Travel Back in Time, Scientists Say . Tell that to these people .

... What’s Your Monster Name? As for moi .... Get Your Monster Name

... and drumroll, please: The 2006 Needle Award Winner!

... on Kingsley Amis: The old devil .

... Sub Rosa: Art History . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

... here's What's it all about, Terry? (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... along with everything else: Me, Me, Me...and Clive . I thought that Bryan's piece on Helen Mirren was as good as it gets. Obviously...

... for the kind wishes. I am at last able to sit up and take nourishment, but I also have a review to write, so blogging will have to wait ...

... because I am still under assualt by some resolute germ. Back later.

... as the U.S., but it sure has an oddly faith-based health system: Tax-funded Shamans .

... more than you might think: What Does Your Name Mean? I don't think I'm naive, but I am old. What Frank Wilson Means F is for Fla...

... on The Unified Dance . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... on Castro's useful idiots . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) A key ALA official, Judith Krug, heads its office of Intellectual Freedom. In my m...

... on Monet: Enchantments of air and water .

... for commenting on this, but it looks interesting: How to create a universe .

... Allegre's second thoughts .

... Adaptations of Brontë, James, and Turgenev . (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

... Beryl Bainbridge . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... How to Maintain Your Life on an Even Keel . Of course, this helps: The Perils of Self-Belief . I find it interesting that Amanda Marcot...

... Try to Remember .

... so that's going to be it for today.

... but they've got credentials, data, arguments - and surely deserve to be heard, right? 'Global Warming Is Lies' Claims Docume...

... out of the UK: NHS Blog Doctor .

... Darwin's God . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) I would note that finding out what goes on in the brain when one looks at a tree has nothing to...

... Like W.H. Auden?

... Gordon McCabe takes him to task in Dawkins v Appleyard . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) There is no link to Bryan's review but I have no rea...

... both by Bryan, are well worth your attention: Lee Smolin and Picture Books.

... I shall begin, selfishly, with my own review of John Heilpern's biography of John Osborne, one of the best literary biographies I ha...

... blogging will resume when I feel better.

... nor heat, nor gloom of night stays the OWL from the swift completion of his appointed rounds: Wicked wind gusts define ’07 blizzard . (...

... Advice on Writing . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... I wonder what she makes of this: Signs of the times.

... is today's Typepad featured blog . Congratulations, Maxine!

... Georges Perec died.

... will renounce coffee: Faith in Starbucks . I like the reference to "the usual New York Times's flaccid and overlong account of ...

... for words: Who left the Wags out ? (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... and also from Rus: ... Bringing poetry to the people . ... Mark Doty tours .

... of poets' blogs from Rus Bowden: Art Durkee is On the Road . Peter Garner hits upon some Satires of Circumstance . Tanya Allen is ke...

... Why Schlesinger mattered .

... French is urged on EU as the language of law . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

... on Richard Dawkins: The Dawkins Confusion . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Dave also sends along this link to Plantinga on Religion and Science.

... Wannabe Author Syndrome: Cheap, Craven & Conned? How $300 Can Get a Writer a Brutally Honest Manuscript Review .

... if only because of the standard apocalyptic tone of the Amazon link - Act now! Save the planet! - but I'd start getting skeptical ab...

... Historical as Munich . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) I was reading this and it seemed familar and I wondered if I had posted it already. Then, I...

... A bygone age . (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.) Maxine cites this paragraph: So, what to conclude from all this? One thing that strikes me is t...

... Los Angeles Time Announces Book Prize Finalists .

... My Brushes With Banned Books .

... "Today he'd probably be arrested."

... of Short Takes .

... how two-faced the guy actually is - and always has been: Bonnie Prince Al . This was the real Al, not the virtual one, and one we knew w...

... MI5 suspected Auden of aiding Cambridge spies' escape . (Hat tip, Vikram Johri.) Auden might very well have given Burgess permission...

... though it took a while to arrive: APRIL 29, 2003 - FEBRUARY 21, 2007 . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Congratulations to Mark.

... Climate on Mars . I think Glenn it right about this: Right or not, this doesn't matter to me -- as I've noted before, I think we...

... Do the Impossible: Know Thyself ... on a purely scientific or naturalistic view, nothing is more important than anything else, in the se...

... at Martin Amis's House of Meetings , this one from John Banville: Executioner Songs . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) It's not my view, bu...

... Tomb of the (Still) Unknown Ancients . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Amos Kloner, the archaeologist who supervised work at the tomb when it was...

... Kangaroo Avoidance of The Matrix .

... Maxine alerts her compatriots: BBC classics on special offer . I'm envious because I presume they wouldn't play in my DVD player...

... via Maxine: Dylan Hears a Who!