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

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

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has posted an excerpt of David Guterson's new novel, The Other. Guterson is the author of Our Lady of the Forest and Snow Falling on Cedars.The New York Times called The Other, "a moving portrait of male friendship."--David E