The UK web magazine The First Post is one of the first out of the gate trying to answer the question Who the heck just won the Nobel Prize for Literature? (A: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio) They managed to uncover a " a Le Clezio expert from Birmingham University," one Beatrice Damamme-Gilbert. She gives thumbnail … Continue reading Jean-Marie Who? Part 2
Not With a Bang
The Nobel has been a contentious subject in literary circles in the US of late. Horace Engdahl, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy (which awards the Nobels) said, "The U.S. is too isolated, too insular. They don't translate enough and don't really participate in the big dialogue of literature. That ignorance is restraining." American writers … Continue reading Not With a Bang
It’s Always Sunny in Magers & Quinn
We're not any happier about home heating oil costs than you, but a used bookstore like Magers & Quinn isn't the worst place to ride out the coming economic storm. As our own events impresario put it told the Pioneer Press recently:"Historically, books do OK in bad times. It depends on how bad the misery … Continue reading It’s Always Sunny in Magers & Quinn
Musings from Magers and Quinn 