Defying the odds (and the oddsmakers), Anne Enright's family drama The Gathering has won the 2007 Man Booker Prize. You can read my brief review of the book here or hear an interview with the author here (.ram).--David E
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New Review
The latest New York Review of Books has an article on Gertrude Bell, the British woman who was appointed as the senior political officer in British-run Basra, Iraq, from 1916 to 1926. Bell was an "Arabist," who threw herself headlong into the Middle East, its peoples and its culture. She's even buried in Baghdad (NPR … Continue reading New Review
A Great Pumpkin
The Dallas Morning News has posted a story about two men's quest to grow a half-ton pumpkin. It's drawn from the new book Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever, but also discusses the author's own attempt to grow a prize-sized gourd of her own; hers got to … Continue reading A Great Pumpkin
Musings from Magers and Quinn 