I’ve just finished Marlon James‘ second novel, The Book of Night Women, which is every bit as good as Maud Newton says it is. (If you’re in D.C., he reads at Borders L Street on March 3.)
An excellent blog post by Dave Tabler on the contretemps between Sinclair Lewis and William Stidger, the model for Elmer Gantry. (h/t Whet Moser)
Wednesday marked the 100th anniversary of Wallace Stegner‘s birth. The New York Times‘ Timothy Egan recalls how Stegner was screwed over by the Times.
The film version of Revolutionary Road tanked at the box office, but the book’s doing fine.
Scott Esposito crowdsourced his decision about which John Barth book to read first.
Michael Dirda writes an appreciation of John Updike for the Chronicle of Higher Education. And that’s it: I’m done with John Updike appreciations until the biography comes out.
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