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 | From Megan Romer, your About Books & Literature Editor Apropos of nothing, but because I know book-lovers like you will understand: no matter how many times I look at a shelf of French-language books, I will never get used to the fact that the spines are backward. Ours read from top to bottom (requiring a rightward head tilt), theirs read from bottom to top (requiring a leftward head tilt). I love the French language and French food and French culture, but French books are bound funny and that's all there is to it. Now that I've gotten that off my chest, onward with this week's newsletter selections! | |
Review: J.K. Rowling - 'The Casual Vacancy'
J.K. Rowling's long-awaited adult novel is officially in the stores, and we've got a review for you. It's an explicitly human story -- no wizards here -- and it'll come as no surprise that it's engaging and well-written. Have a gander. Read More...
| Review: Dave Eggers - 'A Hologram for the King'
This spring release seems to be the hot-ticket addition to book club reading lists this fall. It's a subtle, strangely non-political allegory about the state of affairs between the U.S. and the Middle East, told through the character of Alan Clay, a salesman. Read More...
| Poe Properly Buried, 160 Years Later
A couple of years back, Edgar Allan Poe was finally given a proper funeral, just 160 years after his death. Our Poetry Guides tell the story... Read More...
| Full Text: 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'
In our third installment of spooky shorts to get you in the Halloween spirit, I'm going to suggest the classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This is a personal favorite of mine because I've got ties to Sleepy Hollow itself (there's a big enormous Romer family plot in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, not far from the grave of Washington Irving himself). More to the point, though, it's a great story that has been retold a zillion and one times, but which is glorious (and spooky) in its original prose.
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