The Bookstore Guide reviews bookstores in Paris. Of course, they visit Shakespeare & Co., but they also go further afield and visit Artazart (for art books, bien sûr) and The Red Wheelbarrow ("It simply oozes familiarity and friendliness," says BSG).But if and when I move to Paris, you'll find me working at San Francisco Book … Continue reading Pigeons on the Grass, Alas

Alan Bennett--whose work includes the plays The Madness of King George and The History Boys and the recent novel The Uncommon Reader--has donated his archives to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England. According to Reuters, "Bennett said he made a gift of his writings as a way of paying society back for his free education. … Continue reading For Aaron, Who Gave So Much

How does news travel on the web? Slowly.Last month, a blog called The Morning Oil posted two little-known audio files featuring novelist Flannery O'Connor. The first is a lecture on the grotesque in Southern fiction. The second is the author reading what is probably her best-known short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find."And … Continue reading 2 by Flannery O’Connor