The Star Tribune ran a nice review of Greg Brick's new book Subterranean Twin Cities. Brick is a speleologist. That's a fancy way of saying he likes to crawl around in the caves and sewers that, it turns out, underlie much of the Twin Cities.It sounds rough to me, but it has its rewards: "[Brick] … Continue reading What Lies Beneath
Not the Better Angels of Our Nature
Publishers Weekly is reporting that Seth Grahame-Smith, author of the spring's biggest hit Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has signed a two-book deal with Grand Central Publishing. The contract is worth a reported $575,000. The first title is going to be Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Seriously.Details are here.--David E
I Sing the Poem Electric
The website poemsoutloud.net collects audio and video performance of people performing their favorite poems. Robert Pinsky reads Emily Dickinson; Stanley Kunitz reads Gerard Manley Hopkins. But there are also submissions from ordinary folk, including a construction working from Massachusetts reading Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" (here).What's your favorite poem? Celebrate National Poetry Month and tell … Continue reading I Sing the Poem Electric
Musings from Magers and Quinn 