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Bookish: SOME GOOD NEWS & NOTSO (6#) -

The good news is that Jhumpa Lahiri has a new book out. The notso good news is that this reviewer wasn't very keen on it. Unaccustomed Earth reviewed by Stefan Beck.

# Otto Penzler reminisces about author Phyllis A Whitney who died recently, notes NoirCon in Philadelphia (April 3-5), and spotlights a book of Mystery lists.

# "A fascination with cultural authority gone wrong" unites the stories of Cynthia Ozick's new opus, Dictation: A Quartet, reviewed by Benjamin Lytal.

# Adam (The Bookie) Begley goes around the bend keeping up with Skippy Bin Laden. In addition to Steve Coll's new book, he's also read Morgan Spurlock's fey search for Osama, which is the print companion to the movie.

# There's a rumor going round that the NY Observer, which already offers some book reviews, is planning an entire new section for them. And, in related chatter, they mention the Radar report that Tina Brown is joining up with Barry Diller to develop a new "aggregator website."

# And, finally, Spiegel interviews
Steve Coll. :: Recommended! ::

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