Tom Wayne, owner of Prospero's Books in Kansas City, was fed up with the unsold books in his warehouses. So Sunday, he burned them. That's right, to draw attention to our disregard for the printed word, Wayne lit a pile of books on fire. (You can read the local coverage here.The fire department arrived shortly … Continue reading Burn, Baby, Burn
Not in This Country
I love the Moomin books by Tove Jansson; I've already written about that. So I was happy to hear that Jansson's novel for adults Fair Play will be published next month. I was then crushed to learn that no US publication plans have been announced.Still, the Times of London has posted the new edition's introduction, … Continue reading Not in This Country
Urgent Poetry
Former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky was recently interviewed on the BBC/NPR program The World about the University of Iowa's book Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak (to be published August 15). He was asked, to be blunt, is the poetry in this book any good?I won't tell you his answer. You'll have to listen … Continue reading Urgent Poetry
