Wednesday, January 12

Bookish: Passing Notes (8#) -

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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