Not to be outdone, HarperCollins has made all of Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods available online here for the next month. If anything the format is even less conducive to reading than the downloadable PDF of Beautiful Children I told you about earlier.--David E
real world
New Bottle, Old Whine
An article in the latest issue of The New Yorker details the move by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux from its fabled offices on Union Square to digs in the Flatiron Building--birthplace of the phrase "23 skidoo". The writeup focusses on how outdated yet charming the old digs were. If there's computer or debt collection department … Continue reading New Bottle, Old Whine
Serviceberry
New York City's parks department is planting a tree in honor of Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. No points for guessing where they're planting it. Details are here.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 