In a normal year, the judges for the Frank O'Connor Prize--the most moneyed award for short fiction--would be announcing their shortlist, then decorously withdrawing to their book-lined studies to consider their final choice. (Or so I imagine.) But this year, they've dispensed with all that: "'With a unanimous winner at this early stage we decided … Continue reading Don’t Overthink This
Author: Anders
Wait… There Are Beaches in Norway?
According to this article in The Norway Post (which charmingly calls itself "The Doorway to Norway"), the public library in Stavanger, Norway, is doing outreach the oldfashioned way. The library has loaded a vintage 1957 Opel Olympia with books, which it then offers to folks lounging on area beaches--even if they don't have their cards … Continue reading Wait… There Are Beaches in Norway?
Umm… the Bible?
I confess I don't really care about the article itself, but the headline is great. Today in the Minneapolis Star Tribune is a roundup of what's hot in religious bookstores. It's entitled "What Would Jesus Read?".--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 