Cormac McCarthy will be on Oprah today discussing The Road, his postapocalyptic father-and-son-reunion story. If the message boards at Oprah.com are any indication, Lady O's fans have embraced her surprising choice of reading material.And the next OBC title has been announced. This time it's a less unusual selection: Jeffrey Eugenides' perrennial book club favorite Middlesex. … Continue reading And the Winner Is….
20 Questions
The New York Times Magazine thinks Mike Jones is worth talking to. He's the subject of this week's "Questions for..." page. You can see it here. It's a very interesting glimpse of the "escort who brought down Ted Haggard," as they put it. But it's only a page. If you want to know more, you … Continue reading 20 Questions
What’s in a Name?
I'll confess that I've never read Crime and Punishment, but apparently it's full of confusingly similar names, as a result of all the diminutives, patronymics, diminutive patronymics, and so on. Into this breach leap the brave programmers of bonkworld.com with The Amazing Dostoevsky Machine which allows you to pick distinct (and distinctly unusual) names for … Continue reading What’s in a Name?
