Sarah Vowell, author of The Partly Cloudy Patriot and Assassination Vacation, has new book coming out. The Wordy Shipmates is a history of the Puritans, those pinched Protestants whose quirks haunt us to this day, says Vowell.The Wordy Shipmates will be released October 7. You can get a preview in this article by Vowell in … Continue reading Buy a Vowell
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Venerable publisher Penguin is dusting off its image to launch a dating website through the auspices of match.com. The personals include books read and other such literary information to aid in the decision making process. The site is only for UK booklovers, though. Yanks will have to do it the oldfashioned way.In an unrelated note, … Continue reading The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
What Your Books Do When You’re Not Watching
from the Sydney Morning Herald--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 