Laurie Hertzel's new book News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist takes us behind the scenes at the Duluth News Tribune and later Minneapolis' Star Tribune, where Hertzel now reigns as Book Editor. Her new memoir is funny and charming and full of characters. The book trailer gives a preview of all that. Meet … Continue reading Inside the Paper
Light My Fire
Slate has posted a handy primer on how to burn a book. The good news? It's not that easy to do--at least not a single volume. The bad news, at least for the haters, is that the best way to burn a book is to open it. Details are here.--David E
Looking Ahead
William Gibson has a pretty good track record predicting the future. After all, this is the man who coined the word cyberspace and wrote about an all-encompassing global computer network years before it reached its tentacles into your home and pocket. So it's heartening to hear that he's not as doom-and-gloom about the future of … Continue reading Looking Ahead
Musings from Magers and Quinn 