The Huffington Post has a quick write-up of Christian Lander's recent appearance in the bastion of whiteness that is Boulder, Colorado. He's on tour, discussing his book new book Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, from Seattle's Sweaters to Maine's Microbrews.Of his hosts Lander said, "The typical Boulder white … Continue reading Christian Lander Calls Boulder "A Halfway House For People Who Want To Move To Canada"

Bill Johnston is a prolific Polish language literary translator and associate professor of comparative literature at Indiana University. His work has helped to bring English-speaking readers to classic and contemporary Polish poetry and fiction. In 2008 he received the Found in Translation Award for his translation of new poems by Tadeusz Różewicz; this book was … Continue reading The Words Beyond the Words

The author of Stuff White People Like is back with a new collection of Caucasian foibles--7:30pm, Wednesday, January 19, at Magers & Quinn.If you thought you had white people pegged as Oscar-party-throwing, Prius-driving, Sunday New York Times–reading, self-satisfied latte lovers--you were right. But if you thought diversity was just for other races, then hang on … Continue reading Meet Whitey