A Writer's Desk

Jimmy Stewart reads his poem, "Beau":

It's May 3rd . Unsure of what free comic to get yourself? Fear not, Salon is here to help .

"Hi, Barnes & Noble?" "Yes." "This is, uh, Maya Angelou. I need an emergency root canal before my reading tonig...

On the Library of Congress blog there's a story about their newest acquisition . From the story: “Spider-senses” all around the Library ...

Wow . One piece of paper - one amazing design. Pictured above: Impenetrable Castle (detail), 2005.

Well said, Max Ross of Rake Magazine, well said . From the story: I like McSweeney's. This may come as a surprise, because I don't w...

The latest issue of Touring & Tasting is out and I've got a small feature within the publication about a local event, the Washingto...

The reclusive author of Catcher in the Rye had some thoughts about the Harrison Ford movie. Salinger thought it sucked .

The great Granta has a new-look website . You can watch a short film about the new-look Granta here and see 30 years of Granta covers here ...

The Advocate profiles Portland's own Chuck Palahniuk , author of Fight Club , Invisible Monsters , and, most recently, Snuff . Oh, and d...

The Sydney Morning Herald reviews John Mullan's new book highlighting the whys and wherefores of anonymous publishing throughout the hi...

The Fine Books & Collections Magazine blog has a fine post about collecting old newspapers. I, for a time, collected a few old Harper...

Harper Lee . I know at this point it's a bit of a cliche, but reading To Kill a Mockingbird has changed my life in some unknowable subt...

There is an interesting story in the Wall Street Journal about Aaron Copland's time in Hollywood. From the story: Copland's part-t...

It takes some time , but that's not stopping Google from trying. Their main book site is here and the Google Book Search blog is here .

The great Roddy Doyle ( The Commitments ) has a new piece of fiction in The New Yorker .

A great hour-and-a-half panel discussion about book design with Dave Eggers, Chip Kidd, and Milton Glaser, moderated by Michael Beirut at th...

Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, ...

Dylan Thomas reading his "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night":

The new Internet Shakespeare Editions . Supported by The University of Victoria and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of C...