April 21, 2011
Happiness by Raymond Carver So early it’s still almost dark out. I’m near the window with coffee, and the usual early morning stuff that passes for thought. When I see the boy and his friend walking up the road to deliver the newspaper. They wear caps and sweaters, and one boy has a bag over […]
April 20, 2011
Wow. Pigs can fly. And Kindle will soon be compatible with Overdrive/My Media Mall. This is huge… And I finally get to stop feeling guilty for loving my Kindle. Here are a couple details below but for the whole story, see the complete blog post from Overdrive The Kindle Library Lending program will support the […]
April 20, 2011
Winners for this year’s Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 13 journalism categories and 7 arts categories, including fiction, poetry and drama. See this NYT article for all the news that’s fit to print. Laura, Reader’s Services
April 20, 2011
Don’t Go Far Off, Not Even for a Day by Pablo Neruda Don’t go far off, not even for a day, because — because — I don’t know how to say it: a day is long and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station when the trains are parked off somewhere […]
April 19, 2011
Mirror by Sylvia Plath I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful — The eye of a little god, four-cornered. Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall. It is pink, […]
April 18, 2011
Greg Mortenson, author of the enormously popular book Three Cups of Tea, has been called upon to support the facts in his book and to explain how his charitable foundation is spending its money. The controversy puts publisher Penguin Group USA in the uncomfortable position of having to defend its fact checking of nonfiction books […]
April 18, 2011
With the royal wedding only two weeks away, it seems that everyone is hoping to cash in on the Kate Middleton/Prince William bandwagon. According to USA Today, Harlequin has just commissioned seven novellas for its “Royal Weddings” ebook collection. Another publishing house, Avon, has also announced a royal anthology ebook which includes three love stories. For all […]
April 18, 2011
Passing Remark by William Stafford In scenery I like flat country. In life I don’t like much to happen. In personalities I like mild colorless people. And in colors I prefer gray and brown. My wife, a vivid girl from the mountains, says, “Then why did you choose me?” Mildly I lower my brown eyes […]
April 17, 2011
Selecting a Reader by Ted Kooser First, I would have her be beautiful, and walking carefully up on my poetry at the loneliest moment of an afternoon, her hair still damp at the neck from washing it. She should be wearing a raincoat, an old one, dirty from not having money enough for the cleaners. […]
April 16, 2011
CNN is reporting that E-book sales in February topped sales of all other books, including paperbacks and hardcovers, according to a report by the Association of American Publishers. Sales of E-books totaled $90.3 million in February up 220% from February 2010. Although the report comes with some caveats, for instance data is compiled from publishers […]
