Today’s links of interest:
- Mailer wins Bad Sex in Fiction Award
Here’s hoping the dearly departed have a great sense of humor. - US 4th-graders losing ground on literacy
Reading tests don’t equal literacy. - WGA, AMPTP talk but don’t comment
Media blackout suggests that the posturing has slowed and the serious discussions are commencing. - Reconstructing the whole monstrous shape
CAAF revisits Louisa May Alcott’s first novel…no, the *other* first novel. - NBCC Launches Alternative to Bestseller Lists
Figuring that bestseller lists focus on what people buy, the NBCC focuses on what people read. Though, sigh, by limiting the conversation to the same old group, they’re kind of missing the bigger picture. - Coming to the rescue of children’s books
Jane Nissen Books focuses on reprinting lost treasures. - Dawkins publisher may be tried for attack on ‘sacred values’
Apparently publishing an ode to atheism in Turkey is bad. You’d think they’d realize how nonsensical their behavior is by now. - Victor Keegan: How long should copyright last?
Read. Discuss. Debate.
