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Back in the dark ages, I worked at a state university for a department that offered personnel and management workshops and consulting servi...

The December Carnival of Children's Literature is up at Jean Little Library . What caught my eye? Happy Birthday William Joyce at Happ...

Ah, January. It's a marvelous time because there's nothing big going on in the greater world, there's no yardwork for those of u...

I kind of missed the whole Occupy Wall Street thing, because it seemed to get started in September while my family was experiencing a crisis...

I only learned last week that Daniel Handler has written a new book. And here's Katrina Hedeen reviewing Why We Broke Up at The Horn B...

I heard about Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide To Not Reading because its author, Tommy Greenwald , and I belong to the same listserv. Other...

That's Christmas books I'm talking about here. And by Christmas books, I do not mean books about Christmas. I mean Christmas gifts. ...

Russell Hoban: The Last Cult Writer . I sure hope I didn't get rid of my copy of Riddley Walker .

I know because I saw Celebrity Break-up Stories on Facebook. As usual, one link led to another, and I finally picked up on what the whole t...

Before I start in sounding all hypercritical about Notes From the Blender by Trish Cook and Brendan Halpin , I'm going to say right aw...