It seems that even in his own country Haruki Murakami can be a bit puzzling. Japan's Mainichi Shimbun tackles the question What is the parallel world in Murakami's new novel '1Q84'?, and their answers aren't particularly illuminating. Still, until the book is available in English, this is all we anglophones have to go on.The whole … Continue reading 何でもいい?!
Author: Anders
This week’s mnLIT winner
"From the Windy Trees" by Dan Pederson is one of the winning pieces in this year's What Light Poetry Project competition within mnartists.org's mnLIT program, which is sponsored by Magers and Quinn. All 38 winning stories and poems will be published on magersandquinn.com and mnartists.org in the months to come. So come back soon!Click here … Continue reading This week’s mnLIT winner
A la Cart
Every year the swallows return to Capistrano, and every year librarians gather to dress up in funny costumes and push library carts around in elaborately choreographed routines. Yes, the Librarian Book Cart Drill Championships have come again. Allegations of steroid abuse couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of these plucky terpsichorean librarians. NPR's story is here. There's … Continue reading A la Cart