Brian McManus writes about Philadelphia Noir and author David Goodis. Francois Truffaut used a Goodis story called Down There as the basis for his movie Don't Shoot The Piano Player.
# Author Michael Chabon, who has been working on a new book lately, writes about his sense of place at The Atlantic.
# Alan Littell writes about his days at the old Paris Herald newspaper with the odd characters, including Art Buchwald, who used to work there, too.
# Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt
reviewed at EW. Pop Culture memoir of teenage years.
# Readers name their favorite International Mysteries:
::::: Set in Europe ::: and Elsewhere :::
# Inside Nick Hornby's Ministry of Stories
is an imaginative creative writing laboratory
for children, Roger Tagholm reports.
# Do you live in one of the most literate
American cities? Seattle has fallen from first place.
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