Bookish: Undue Influences (7#) -

In the Fifties, some Scottish children developed a fear of the Gorbals Vampire, prompting their parents to search for the origins of that urban myth. American comic books such as Tales From The Crypt were blamed, resulting in the introduction of new laws to protect children from their influences.

:: The BBC is planning to broadcast a program
about this story on Tuesday, March 30th.

:: Christopher Fowler also posted an entry
about this story and added some context to it.

# The paranoid style: Robert Birnbaum blogs about
The 1970's and Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen.

:: Peter Carlson at the WaPo on this book, too.

# Cartoonist Jules Feiffer has produced
a book of memoirs called Backing Into Forward.

:: The Atlantic :: - - - :: The Forward ::

# Sherman Alexie has won the
PEN/Faulkner Fiction Prize for his
collection of short stories called War Dances.

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